Members interested in the issue of decentralization are advised that a paper
from an upcoming EROPA conference on "New Trends in Public Administration for
the Asia Pacific Region: Decentralization" is available. The paper is to be
given at the September14 session of the conference, and is available in English
as:

"Reinforcing the Fiscal Resources of the Local Authorities: The Japanese
Experience."

The author is Naohiko Jinno, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Department
of Economics. Requests for copies can be made by fax, at 03-3818-7082.