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"Municipalities and Counties in Denmark - Tasks and Finance"

Municipalities and Counties in Denmark

- Tasks and Finance

Summary:

In this fifth edition of 'Municipalities and Counties in Denmark - Tasks and Finance', published by the Ministry of the Interior, the description of local government tasks and local government organisation and finance has been updated to reflect the situation i 2002.

The purpose of this publication is to describe local government in Denmark, exemplified by how local authorities and counties are organised, who handles the various tasks and how expenditure is financed. Moreover, the brochure briefly compares Danish local government with local government abroad.

The description includes the entire local government sector comprising local authorities and counties as well as the unitary authorities of the cities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE

• HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT – LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM

• ORGANISATION OF CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS AT STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL LEVELS

• THE RELATIVE SIZE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

• LOCAL GOVERNMENT INCOME

• LOANS AND DEBTS

• GRANTS AND EQUALISATION SCHEMES

• STATE MANAGEMENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR

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