01767cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002046 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451855067 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Searle, Bob. Intergovernmental Grants Systems and Management : Applications of a General Framework to Indonesia / Bob Searle, Jun Ma, Stefano Piperno, Ehtisham Ahmad. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Intergovernmental equalization grants have been described as 'the glue that holds a nation together.' Getting the grants system right is critical to countries as they decentralize. This paper illustrates general principles with an example based on Indonesia in 2000. A general grant should be used to supplement own revenues and to finance local service provision where there are no central mandates. The special needs of backward regions would be better provided for by specific grants. Specific grants need to be taken into account in the general grants scheme. Mode of access: Internet Ahmad, Ehtisham. Ma, Jun. Piperno, Stefano. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/128 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/128/001.2002.issue-128-en.xml IMF e-Library