Fiscal reality of the municipalities of the Santander Department in the framework of the process of the fiscal decentralization in Colombia, 2004-2012

This document explores the decentralization process in Colombia through its normative framework and its relation with the public finances of the municipalities of Santander Department, by means of the analysis of fiscal situation of local authorities of the Department during 2004-2012. For this exer...

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Autor principal:	Asela Molina, Jorge Enrique
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	spa eng
Publicado em:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2015
Assuntos:	decentralization state local authorities intergovernmental dependence fiscal effort Santander Department. descentralización Estado entes territoriales dependencia intergubernamental esfuerzo fiscal departamento de Santander.
Acesso em linha:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/3779

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Resumo:	This document explores the decentralization process in Colombia through its normative framework and its relation with the public finances of the municipalities of Santander Department, by means of the analysis of fiscal situation of local authorities of the Department during 2004-2012. For this exercise have been taking as reference the indicators of intergovernmental dependence and fiscal effort, proposed by the National Department of Planning (DNP, by its Spanish acronym), showing in most of the cases problems in the generation of own resources and one high degree of dependence from the transfers of the central government.