Subnational capital markets in developing countries
 From Theory to Practice - 2004 
Editors: Mila Freire and John Petersen
with Marcela Huertas and Miguel Valadez 
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The decentralization of governments throughout the world has brought
new prerogatives and responsibilities to subnational governments as service
providers to their local constituents. Part of a larger move toward
greater democratization of government, reliance on markets, private provision
of many activities formerly carried out by governments, and globalization
of commerce and finance, decentralization also has encompassed a
desire to use private capital markets as allocators of credit.
In developing countries the twin tasks of building more dispersed and democratic
governments and opening economies to freer markets and greater
private ownership have been attempted in tandem—and have proved a difficult
undertaking. - 
Table of Contents  Preface Acknowledgments 
Abbreviations and Acronyms 
 
Executive Summary 
Chapter 1 Introduction 
I Political, Legal, and Financial Framework 
John Petersen and Mila Freire 
Chapter 2 Fiscal Devolution 
Chapter 3 Market Setting and Legal Framework 
II Borrowing Instruments and Restrictions on Their Use 
John Petersen and Miguel Valadez 
Chapter 4 Subnational Governments as Borrowers 
Chapter 5 The Nature and Design of Debt 
Chapter 6 Debt Instruments and Methods of Sale 
Chapter 7 Restrictions on the Issuance and Use of 
Subsovereign Debt 
III Characteristics of Financial Market 
Regulation and Disclosure 
John Petersen 
Chapter 8 Financial Market Structure, Regulation,
 
and Operations 
Chapter 9 Disclosure and Financial Reporting 
 
IV Evaluating, Monitoring, and Assisting 
Subnational Governments
 
 
 
John Petersen and Marcela Huertas 
Chapter 10 Credit Analysis and Credit Ratings 
Chapter 11 Monitoring and Intervening in
 
Subnational Government Finances 
Chapter 12 Designing and Implementing Credit
 
Assistance to Subnational Governments 
 
V Policy Guidelines
 
 
John Petersen and Mila Freire 
Chapter 13 Concluding Observations and
 
Policy Guides 
VI Country Case Studies
 
 
Latin America and the Caribbean 
Chapter 14 Argentina 
Rodrigo Trelles Zabala 
Chapter 15 Brazil 
Rodrigo Trelles Zabala and Giovanni Giovanelli 
Chapter 16 Colombia 
Rodrigo Trelles Zabala 
Chapter 17 Mexico 
Steven Hochman and Miguel Valadez 
Sub-Saharan Africa 
Chapter 18 South Africa 
Matthew Glasser and Roland White 
Chapter 19 Zimbabwe 
Roland White and Matthew Glaser 
Middle East and North Africa 
Chapter 20 Morocco 
Samir El Daher 
Chapter 21 Tunisia 
Samir El Daher 
Asia 
Chapter 22 People’s Republic of China 
John Petersen 
Chapter 23 Republic of Korea 
John Petersen 
Chapter 24 India 
Pryianka Sood 
Chapter 25 Indonesia 
Robert Kehew and John Petersen 
Chapter 26 The Philippines 
John Petersen 
Eastern and Central Europe 
Chapter 27 Bulgaria 
Peter D. Ellis and Kremena Ionkova 
Chapter 28 Czech Republic 
João C. Oliveira and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez 
Chapter 29 Hungary 
Pryianka Sood 
Chapter 30 Poland 
Miguel Valadez and John Petersen 
Chapter 31 Russian Federation 
Asad Alam, Stepan Titov, John Petersen 
Bibliography 
Index 
Boxes 
2.1. Devolving Responsibility for Elementary
School Teachers’ Salaries in Romania 
2.2. Rio and the International Marketplace 
3.1. Banks and Securities Markets: Are Both
Needed for Development? 
3.2. Brazilian Banks’ Excessive Concentration in
Government Securities 
4.1. Defining and Controlling Public Debt 
4.2. China: Off-Budget Finance and the
Transmuted Bond 
4.3. Restructuring Subnational Government:
From Few to Many (But How Many?) 
5.1. Importance of the Rate-Setting Pledge 
5.2. Intergovernmental Transfer Payments
as Collateral 
5.3. Importance of Feasibility Reports: The San
Pedro Sula, Honduras, Sports Complex 
6.1. Selecting an Underwriter through
Competitive Negotiation 
6.2. Rigging a City’s Bond Sale 
7.1. The Philippines: How Political Risks Can
Inhibit Municipal Credit Markets 
7.2. Examples of Language on the Binding
Nature of Financial Obligations 
7.3. The City of Cebu in the Philippines 
7.4. Johannesburg Comes Up Short 
7.5. Example of Language Denying Central
Government Responsibility for Municipal Debt 
7.6. Example of Language on Securing Debt
with Own Revenues 
8.1. Commercial Banking in Transitioning
Economies 
8.2. The Bank for International Settlements’
Reserve Requirements and Capital Rules 
8.3. What Is a Security?
Considers a Deal 
8.4. After 60 Years, Municipal Bonds Return
to Romania 
9.1. Disclosure over the Internet 
9.2. Accounting for Accounting Differences 
9.3 Why Did Czech Municipal Debt Grow
So Fast? 
10.1. Emerging Market Ratings and Bond
Insurance 
11.1. Example of Information Provided in the
Debt Annex of French Subnational Government Budgets 
11.2. In Argentina Trustees Make a Difference 
11.3. Debt Adjustment and Subnational
Insolvency in Hungary 
11.4. Financial Stabilization to Address Subnational
Bankruptcy in Latvia 
12.1. The Subnational Government Retreat from
the Private Credit Market in the Czech Republic 
12.2. Moving from Soft to Hard Credit through
Enforcement of Loan Collections: South Africa’s Experience 
12.3. The Philippine Local Government Unit
Guarantee Corporation 
12.4. The Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund,
India 
12.5. Assisting Small Bond Issuers: The Bond Bank
Option 
12.6. A Brief Illustration of Grant-Loan Integration:
An Example from Indonesia 
18.1. A South African Parable 
24.1. Recent Projects Financed by the Tamil Nadu
Urban Development Fund 
24.2. Basis for the AA+ Rating of the Madurai
Municipal Corporation Bond Issue 
Figures 
3.1. Market Structures and Sources of Capital for
Local Government Borrowing 
3.2. Stages of Development in Credit
Market Access 
4.1. General Government Obligation 
4.2. Government Limited Obligation 
4.3. Public-Private Project Financing 
4.4. Matrix of Subnational Government
Financing Capacity 
6.1. Debt Service Structures 
12.1. Retail On-Lending by the Government
Financing Institution 
12.2. Wholesale On-Lending by the Government
Finance Institution 
12.3. Securitization of a Loan Pool 
12.4. Mechanics of a Liquidity Facility 
14.1. Distribution of Shareable Taxes under the
Coparticipation Scheme, Argentina 
14.2. Relative Fiscal and Debt Situations of
Provinces, Argentina, 2001 
14.3. Provincial Indebtedness by Type of Debt or
Lender, Argentina, December 2001 
14.4. Impact of the Devaluation on Provincial
Debt, Argentina 
14.5. Disbursement of Coparticipation Revenues,
Argentina 
14.6. Provincial Bond Debt Outstanding by Type,
Argentina, End of 2001 
14.7. Flow of Funds for the Salta Hydrocarbon
Royalty Trust Bonds 
14.8. Selected Debt Indicators, Salta and All
Provinces, End-2001 
14.9. Selected Debt Indicators, City of Buenos
Aires and All Provinces, End-2001 
14.10. Selected Debt Indicators, Buenos Aires and
All Provinces, End-2001 
15.1. Distribution of the Debt Stock in Bonds by
State, Brazil, End-1996 
15.2. Subnational Debt as a Share of GDP, Brazil,
1998–2002 
16.1. Fiscal Balance as a Share of Total Revenue
by Department, Colombia, 2000 
16.2. Direct Subnational Debt, Colombia,
1996–2001 
16.3 Allocation of Credit from Findeter
1989–99 
16.4. Debt Stock, Capital District of Santa Fe
de Bogotá, 1995–2001 
17.1. Borrowing by Three State Governments,
Mexico, 1994–98 
18.1. Outstanding Municipal Debt, South Africa,
1997–2000 
18.2. Outstanding Municipal Debt by Form,
South Africa, 1997–2000 
22.1. Typical Cooperative Joint Venture
Arrangement for Expressway Development 
24.1. Funding Approvals and Disbursements by
the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund by Sector, as of 31 March 1999 
24.2. Value of Capital Works Executed by
Municipalities with Funding from the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund, 1993/94 to 1998/99 
24.3. Simplified Flow of Funds in the Pooled
Financing Scheme 
27.1. Local Government Expenditure as a Share
of GDP, Selected Countries, Various Years, 1998–2002 
28.1. Municipal Debt Outstanding,
Czech Republic, 1993–99 
28.2. Local Fiscal Deficits, Czech Republic,
1993–2000 
28.3. Composition of Municipal Debt
Outstanding, Czech Republic, 1993–99 
28.4. Average Composition of Municipal Debt
Outstanding, Czech Republic, 1998–99 
29.1. Sources of Local Government Revenue,
Hungary, 1995–2000 
30.1. Own-Source Revenue as a Share of Total
Revenue, Szczecin, 1998–2002 
30.2. Local Government Debt by Source, Poland,
1999–2001 
30.3. Concepts of Surplus from Operating
Revenues as a Source of Funds for Capital Spending 
30.4. Structure of Operating Revenue, Wroclaw,
2001 
30.5. Budget and Debt, Wroclaw, 1996–2002 
30.6. Structure of Operating Expenditure, Lodz,
2001 
30.7. Budget and Debt, Lodz, 1996–2002 
30.8. Debt Burden as a Share of Operating
Revenue, Lodz, 1996–2002 
30.9. Budget Balance and Debt, Szczecin,
1998–2002 
30.10. Debt and Debt Service as a Share of
Operating Revenue, Szczecin, 1996–2002 
30.11. Budget and Debt, Krakow, 1998–2002 
31.1. Administrative Structure for Executing the
Debt Strategy, St. Petersburg 
Tables 
7.1. Municipal Debt Limitations in Selected
Eastern and Central European Countries 
10.1. Credit Rating Volatility in Asia: Selected
Standard and Poor’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Sovereign Ratings 
14.1. Allocation of Responsibilities among Levels
of Government, Argentina 
14.2. Terms and Conditions of the Typical
Consolidation Bond, Argentina 
14.3. Provincial Bond Issues in Domestic and
International Capital Markets, Argentina, 1994–2001 
14.4. Features of the Bond Issue by the Salta
Hydrocarbon Royalty Trust 
14.5. Debt by Source, Salta, 1995–2001 
14.6. Key Features of the Bond Program of the
City of Buenos Aires 
14.7. Main Characteristics of the Bond Issues by the
City of Buenos Aires 
14.8. Debt by Source, City of Buenos Aires,
1995–2001 
14.9. Access to the Bond Market by the Province of
Buenos Aires, 1994–2001 
14.10. Debt by Source, Province of Buenos Aires,
1995–2001 
15.1. Municipal Sources of Funds, Brazil, 1999 
16.1. The “Traffic Light” System for Regulating
Subnational Borrowing, Colombia 
16.2. Potential Borrowers from Findeter 
16.3. Terms and Conditions of Findeter Loans 
16.4. Features of the Bond Issue by the Capital
District of Santa Fe de Bogotá 
16.5. Revenues and Expenditures, Capital District
of Santa Fe de Bogotá, 1995–2001 
16.5. Debt Service, Capital District of Santa Fe
de Bogotá, 1995–2001 
17.1. Spending and Own-Source Revenues as a
Share of GDP by Level of Government, Mexico, Selected Years, 1991–97 
17.2. Subnational Bond Issues, Mexico, 2002 
19.1. Assets of Deposit-Taking Institutions,
Zimbabwe, 1992–97 
19.2. Local Government Revenues by Source,
Zimbabwe, 1995–98 
19.3. Gross Public Debt of Local Authorities,
Zimbabwe, 1994–97 
19.4. Bond Issues by Local Governments,
Zimbabwe, 1990–2001 
22.1. Subnational Revenues and Expenditures,
1993 to 2001 
22.3. Market Capitalization, Bonds, and Domestic
Bank Credit as Percentages of GDP: 1995–2000 
22.4. Outstanding Domestic Bonds and Issuance
in 2001 
23.1. Debt and Capital Spending of the Seoul
Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea, Fiscal Years 1996–2001 
24.1. Third Tier of Government, India, 2000 
24.2. Fiscal Decentralization, India, 1997/98 
24.3. Finances of Local Bodies, India, 1990/91 and
1997/98 
24.4. Terms of the Bond Issue by the Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation 
24.5. Estimated Gap in Urban Infrastructure
Financing, Tamil Nadu, 2002 
24.6. Infrastructure Investment Requirements by
Type of Urban Local Body and Sector, Tamil Nadu, 1996–2001 
24.7. Lending Terms of the Tamil Nadu Urban
Development Fund since 1998/99 
24.8. Terms of the Bond Issue by the Madurai
Municipal Corporation 
24.9. Financial Indicators for the Tamil Nadu Urban
Development Fund as of March 2002 
24.10. Terms of Issue of the Water and Sanitation
Pooled Fund 
25.1. Central Government Lending to Local
Governments, Indonesia, Selected Years, 1980–99 
25.2. Banking Sector Assets by Type of Bank,
Indonesia, End of March 2001 
26.1. Local Government Loans and Deposits with
Selected Financial Institutions, Philippines, 2000 
27.1. Financial Performance Indicators for Sofia,
1996–2001 
27.2. Credit Ratings of Selected Local
Governments, 2001 
28.1. Public Debt Outstanding, Czech Republic,
1993–99 
28.2. Municipal Bonds Issued, Czech Republic,
1992–99 
29.1. Equity and Debt Markets, Selected Countries
in Central and Eastern Europe, End-1995 
29.2. Terms of the Bond Issue by the Municipality
of Budapest 
29.3. Terms of the Bond Issue by the Municipality
of Pecs 
30.1. Current Structure of Subnational
Government, Poland 
31.1. Standard & Poor’s Credit Ratings of
Subnational Borrowers, Russian Federation, 1997–2002 
31.2. Debt by Type, St. Petersburg, 1994–2001 
31.3. Structure of Debt, St. Petersburg, 1994–2001 
31.4. Debt Indicators, St. Petersburg, 1997–2001 
31.5. Credit Ratings, St. Petersburg, 1998–2002 
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