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Contenido: Overview / Marcelo Giugale, Vinh Nguyen, Fernando Rojas, and Steven B. Webb -- 1. Principles of decentralization / Thomas Courchene, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Charles E. McLure, Jr., and Steven B. Webb -- 2. Historical forces: geographic and political / Thomas Courchene, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, and Steven B. Webb -- 3. Assignment of spending responsabilities and service delivery / Enrique Cabrero Mendoza and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez -- 4. Tax assignment / Alberto Díaz-Cayeros and Charles E. McLure, Jr. -- 5. Transfers and the nature of the Mexican Federation / Thomas Courchene and Alberto Díaz-Cayeros -- 6. Subnational borrowing and debt management / Marcelo Giugale, Fausto Hernandez Trillo, and Joao C. Oliveira

This book documents Mexico ' s decentralization experience as well as conceptualizing its main trends, policies, and options, and brings them into the light of international comparison. It focuses on what is needed to develop a sustainable decentralization strategy for Mexico, and the necessary underpinnings for it. Included papers concentrate on institutions for decentralization, historical forces impacting the Mexican economy, spending and service delivery, subnational taxes and revenue, intergovernmental transfers, subnational borrowing, and subnational debt management. A vision of Mexico ' s path and options in decentralization emerges and is articulated for the short, medium, and long term.