Financing Cities: Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

The volume brings out several infrastructure financing options based on country experiences and new possibilities…The book is interesting not only in terms of wide country experiences but also the rich policy options it has unravelled both from successes and failures.

— Margin―The Journal of Applied Economic Research

The book has been solely written…to motivate countries and cities to think about mobilising resources for capital investments from private and banking sector to boost infrastructure development.

— Economic & Political Weekly

This book provides a dispassionate account of the apathy, disinterest and decay of finances and governance of urban India…. Amid all this negativism, is there hope? The answer is a considered “yes”. And that is why this book is a “must read” for all urban aficionados. Data, case studies and illustrations of positive energy to get the urban show going from countries as diverse as Brazil, China, Poland and South Africa provide lessons for India.

— The Business Standard

It is a good reference book for academics, consultants and financial experts interested in the field of financing urban infrastructure.

— The Hindu

It is a must read for those working in the fields of urban planning, public finance, policy makers and researchers.

— Sahara Times