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Fondo General de Participaciones

English translation: General Revenue-Sharing Fund (FGP by its Spanish acronym)


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Spanish term or phrase:Fondo General de Participaciones
English translation:General Revenue-Sharing Fund (FGP by its Spanish acronym)
Entered by: Taña Dalglish
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19:18 Oct 10, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / source text from Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: Fondo General de Participaciones
This text describes a credit rating given to a state entity for a bank credit they have received from a national bank. The text in question states:

Asimismo, mediante el Decreto 86 el Congreso local autorizó al Estado de Campeche para obligarse de manera subsidiaria y limitada frente a los acreedores de XYZ así como para afectar hasta el 4.0% de las participaciones federales que le corresponden del Fondo General de Participaciones (FGP).

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Myriam S
United States
Local time: 22:14
General Revenue-Sharing Fund (FGP by its Spanish acronym)
Explanation:
[PDF] by CY Gonzalez - Cited by 21 - Related articles
Accountability and transparency
siteresources.worldbank.org/.../O&G_Conference_session5_Luna.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Mexico's intergovernmental fiscal relations. • 20% of RFP is distributed to states through the **General Sharing Fund (“Fondo. General de Participaciones”, FGP). ...***

Federalism, fiscal authority, and centralization in Latin America - Google Books Result
books.google.com.jm/books?isbn=0521861632...
Alberto Díaz Cayeros - 2006 - Political Science - 277 pages
The next section discusses the creation of the ***General Revenue-Sharing Fund (Fondo General de Participaciones – FGP).*** Consonant with the historical account ...

Mexico: the economic emergence of the United States' neighbor to ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6642/is_n1_v14/ai_n28702778/The General Fund/Fondo General de Participaciones (FGP) is distributed to states ... In addition to the revenue-sharing transfers, local governments receive ...

[PDF]
1 Stabilizing Intergovernmental Transfers in Latin America: A ...
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.19.399...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View

get about 22.5 percent as Participaciones. Originally three funds comprised the revenue- sharing system: the Fondo General de Participaciones and the Fondo ...

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Here one that I hope actually works:
http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/decentralization/cd/a...

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Note added at 6 days (2011-10-17 13:36:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias Myriam.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 21:14
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General Revenue-Sharing Fund (FGP by its Spanish acronym)


Explanation:
[PDF] by CY Gonzalez - Cited by 21 - Related articles
Accountability and transparency
siteresources.worldbank.org/.../O&G_Conference_session5_Luna.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Mexico's intergovernmental fiscal relations. • 20% of RFP is distributed to states through the **General Sharing Fund (“Fondo. General de Participaciones”, FGP). ...***

Federalism, fiscal authority, and centralization in Latin America - Google Books Result
books.google.com.jm/books?isbn=0521861632...
Alberto Díaz Cayeros - 2006 - Political Science - 277 pages
The next section discusses the creation of the ***General Revenue-Sharing Fund (Fondo General de Participaciones – FGP).*** Consonant with the historical account ...

Mexico: the economic emergence of the United States' neighbor to ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6642/is_n1_v14/ai_n28702778/The General Fund/Fondo General de Participaciones (FGP) is distributed to states ... In addition to the revenue-sharing transfers, local governments receive ...

[PDF]
1 Stabilizing Intergovernmental Transfers in Latin America: A ...
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.19.399...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View

get about 22.5 percent as Participaciones. Originally three funds comprised the revenue- sharing system: the Fondo General de Participaciones and the Fondo ...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-10-10 23:22:55 GMT)
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Here one that I hope actually works:
http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/decentralization/cd/a...

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Note added at 6 days (2011-10-17 13:36:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias Myriam.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 21:14
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agree  patinba: Exactly right.
1 hr
  -> Thank you so much patinba. Un abrazo.

agree  James A. Walsh: Hi Taña, dunno why your links are not working (?), but I copied and pasted... Some pretty reliable sources there, you should be more confident! If it's good enough for the WB, it's good enough for me! ;-)
1 hr
  -> I posted another which I hope works. Thank you.

agree  Silvina P.
1 hr
  -> Muchísimas gracias Silvina. Saludos.

agree  gallagy2
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  -> Thank you so much Gallagy.

agree  xxxFVS
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  -> Thank you.
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Oct 17, 2011 - Changes made by Taña Dalglish:
Edited KOG entryMyriam S's old entry - "Fondo General de Participaciones" => "General Revenue-Sharing Fund (FGP by its Spanish acronym)"


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