Local Finance syllabus
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Local Finance
5 units
1 Introduction to Local Finance (8 LHs)
2 Fiscal Decentralization in Nepal (8 LHs)
4 Local Government Revenue and Expenditure in Nepal (12 LHs)
5 Resource Mobilization at Local Bodies (10 LHs)
1. Introduction to Local Finance (8 LHs)
- Concepts of local finance
- Need and importance of Local Finance in Economic Development
2. Fiscal Decentralization in Nepal (8 LHs)
- Approaches of Fiscal Decentralization
- Fiscal Decentralization Policy and its dimensions
3. Fiscal Federalism (10 LHs)
- Concept of Fiscal Federalism
- Division of Fiscal Power and Functions: Allocation, Distribution and Stabilization
- Vertical and Horizontal Fiscal Relationship
4. Local Government Revenue and Expenditure in Nepal (12 LHs)
- Sources of revenue at local bodies in Nepal: Tax and Non-tax
- Grants in Aid and Local Government Borrowing
- Pattern of Local Government Expenditure
- Local budgeting, accounting and auditing
5. Resource Mobilization at Local Bodies (10 LHs)
- DDC, VDC and Municipality
- People's Participation in Local Resource Mobilization
- Role of Partnership for Local Resource Mobilization
- Issues and challenges of local finance in Nepal