The authors reviewed and commented on the following documents prepared by the Polish government: 1. Preliminary Outline of the Principles for Financing Powiats (Wstepny Zarys Finansowania Samorzadu Powiatowego i Wojewódzkiego) 2. Foundations of the Government`s Reform of the Structure of the State (Zalozenia Rzadowe Reformy Ustrojowej Panstwa) They raise a number of questions concerning the preliminary calculations being used to design and
present the Buzek government`s new self-government finance system and the basic structure of the fiscal equalization program that the government envisions. This paper was prepared by the Urban Institute for USAID. It was published in the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Eastern Europe Sourcebook (For CD-ROM, please contact: bwalter@usaid.gov or visit http://www.urban.org/centers/iac/localgov/index.html.) Other papers from this book are available in this library.