Roy Kelly, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies  

Roy Kelly

Office Location: 293 Rubenstein Hall
Email Address: roykelly@duke.edu
Note:Professor Kelly will be serving in Tanzania from 2007-2009 as the resident finance advisor with the Prime Ministers Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG) under a two year Duke contract with the Government of Tanzania.

Areas of Expertise:
Economics
International Development
Public Finance

Education:
PhD, Harvard University, 1985
MCRP, Harvard University, 1981
Graduate Courses, Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan), 1978
BA, Magna Cum Laude, West Virginia University, 1976

Research Categories: International Development

Current projects: Fiscal Decentralization in Tanzania, Fiscal Decentralization and Property Tax Reform, Institutionalizing Decentralization Reforms in Developing Countries

Research Description: Research: Fiscal decentralization; intergovernmental transfers; local government finance; property taxation

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. R.B. Kelly. "Property Taxation in Indonesia: Emerging Challenges from Decentralization." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 26.1 (2004): 71-90.
  2. R.B. Kelly. "Property Taxation in Tanzania." International Handbook of Land and Property Taxation. Ed. Richard Bird and Enid Slack Nrthhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2004
  3. R.B. Kelly. "Property Taxation in Kenya." International Handbook of Land and Property Taxation. Ed. Richard Bird and Enid Slack Edward Elgar, 2004
  4. R.B. Kelly. "Designing a Property Tax Reform for Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analytical Framework applied to Kenya." Public Finance and Budgeting 20.4 (2000): 36-51.
  5. R.B. Kelly. "Designing Effective Property Tax Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theory and International Experience." Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration 5.3 (2000): 31-52.
  6. R.B. Kelly. "Intergovernmental Revenue Allocation Theory and Practice: Application To Nepal"." Asian Journal of Public Administration 21.1 (1999).
  7. R.B. Kelly with Graham Glenday Meera Mehta. "Kenya: An Assessment of Local Service Delivery and Local Government in Kenya." World Bank Report 24383 (June 25, 2002).
  8. R.B. Kelly with Glenn Jenkins and Rup Khadka. ""Central-Local Fiscal Relations"." Reengineering Tax Systems in Low-Income Countries: An Application to Nepal. Ed. Glenn P. Jenkins and Rup Khadka New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002
  9. R.B. Kelly with Nick Devas. "Regulation or Revenues? An Analysis of Local Business Licensing, with a Case Study of the Single Business Permit Reform in Kenya." Public Administration and Development 21 (2001): 381-391.
  10. R.B. Kelly with Marco Montes, Edith Maseya, Kenneth Nkandkha and Kiisa Tombere. "Improving Revenue Mobilization in Malawi: Study on Business Licensing and Property Rates (Final Report)." (October, 2001). (Policy Research submitted to the Decentralization Secretariat (Government of Malawi).)  [abs]