Evaluating the Effectiveness of Local Revenue Mobilization in Kumasi, Ghana

Avtorji

  • Samuel Siebie Ankamah School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • Feng Yao School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4335/11.3.431-451(2013)

Ključne besede:

Fiscal Decentralization, Local Government, Internally Generated Fund, Revenue Assignment, and Ghana.

Povzetek

The paper evaluates the effectiveness of local revenue mobilization in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Ghana. The indicators for the evaluation included the Revenue Performance Index (RPI), Financial Autonomy Index (FAI) and Local Finance Support Index (LFSI). Both the primary and secondary sources of data were used as well as the employment of quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. The paper reveals that KMA depends more on transfers to finance its development. There is therefore the need for the assembly to outline pragmatic measures to increase its Internally Generated Fund (IGF).

Biografije avtorja

  • Samuel Siebie Ankamah, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
    Ph.D Student
  • Feng Yao, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China
    Lecturer

Prenosi

Objavljeno

2013-07-01

Številka

Letn. 11 Št. 3 (2013)

Rubrika

Conference Paper (Annual Conference 2020)

Kako citirati

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Local Revenue Mobilization in Kumasi, Ghana. (2013). Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(3), 431-451. https://doi.org/10.4335/11.3.431-451(2013)