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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264195752
This book sets out a vision of devolved economic development policies capable of responding to the challenges of globalisation.
Author : Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351159982
Through a collection of unique case studies and theoretical analyses, this work examines the genesis and impact of decentralization reforms in developing and transition countries. In particular, the volume shows how decentralization affects governance and efficiency in the provision of public goods and under what conditions decentralization seems to deliver its theoretical benefits. Analyses in the book address current concerns about the interaction of decentralization with social and political structure, resource mobilization, public goods provision and corruption. This work will be invaluable to scholars of politics, development studies and regional studies.
Author : Akampurira Abraham
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783954896332
Communities need a holistic approach to address the problems that affect the people at the grass root. The planning of the direct beneficiaries involves decentralization in order to allow the lower power centers to widely take part in the development of society. Concerns of the grass root people form the need for decentralization and local governance. People’s involvement in the planning on the village level and all local government units, makes the identification and solving of the problem easier. High participatory levels of all the people especially the marginalized, encourages innovation to source for the appropriate solutions to the common problems that face society. It therefore calls a decentralized system that caters for the voters’ preferences while providing for their services. The people’s concerns call for local planning and the transfer of power to the public so that services are brought nearer to the people. This study will cover the aspects of local government and decentralization such as good governance, democratization, civil society, deconcentration, devolution and delegation, and its relation to the development of societies.
Author : T. Nzioki Kibua,Germano M. Mwabu
Publisher : University of Nairobi Press
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Decentralization
ISBN : 9789966846983
Efficient delivery of public services in Africa and other developing regions has for a long time been hindered by highly centralized government bureaucracies (Mwabu et al., 2001). In Kenya, several efforts have been made to reduce unnecessary layers of government to make service provision to the populace more effective. This book reports on recent decentralization and devolution innovations in Kenya. The volume is organized into three parts and contains a total of 12 chapters including the introduction. The chapters in Part 1 (Structures and Institutions) provide a comprehensive analysis of institutional and organizational environment in which decentralization and devolution reforms have been taking place over the last three decades. Part 2 (Principles and Processes) contains chapters that clarify decentralization and devolution concepts, with applications to selected local authorities. The chapters in Part 3 (Service Delivery and Financing) illustrate advantages of provision and financing of services at the local level, with a focus on the role of community participation in improving accountability and efficiency in resource use.
Author : Jonathan Bradbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134349050
Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning. This multidisciplinary book is written by academics from the fields of geography, economics, town planning, public policy, management, public administration, politics and sociology with a final chapter by Patrick Le Gales putting the research findings into a theoretical context. This will be an important book for those researching and studying economic and political geography and planning as well as those involved in regional development.
Author : Gurston Dacks
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9780886291105
A collection of papers on the process of devolution in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Discusses many aspects of constitutional devolution including historical perspectives, effect on forest fire and wildlife management, healthcare, local government, oil and gas accords, regional development and politics. Includes references.
Author : Yusuke Takagi,Veerayooth Kanchoochat,Tetsushi Sonobe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811329043
This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural transformation. In other words, there is a revived interest in the ‘developmental state’ concept. The nature of the ‘emerging state’ is characterized by its attitude toward economic development and industrialization. Emerging states have engaged in the promotion of agriculture, trade, and industry and played a transformative role to pursue a certain path of economic development. Their success has cast doubt about the principle of laissez faire among the people in the developing world. This doubt, together with the progress of democratization, has prompted policymakers to discover when and how economic policies should deviate from laissez faire, what prevents political leaders and state institutions from being captured by vested interests, and what induce them to drive economic development. This book offers both historical and contemporary case studies from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda. They illustrate how institutions are designed to be developmental, how political coalitions are formed to be growth-oriented, and how technocratic agencies are embedded in a network of business organizations as a part of their efforts for state building.
Author : Mwangi S. Kimenyi,Patrick Meagher
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754639770
In eight essays, editors and contributors describe how decentralization affects the governance of states in transition. Starting with the assertion that stability and prosperity depend on the quality of governance, they provide a detailed review of the literature, concentrating on decentralization's detriments to performance, primarily in public
Author : Derek Birrell
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 184742225X
With new devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this book provides a study of developments in the major areas of social policy and a full comparison between the four UK nations.
Author : David M. Smith,Enid Wistrich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317151661
Combining historical and policy study with empirical research from a qualitative study of regional elites this book offers an original and timely insight into the progress of devolution of governance in England. With particular interest in how governments have tried and continue to engage English people in sub-national democratic processes while dealing with the realities of governance it uses in-depth interviews with key figures from three English regions to get the ’inside view’ of how these processes are seen by the regional and local political, administrative, business and voluntary sector elites who have to make policies work in practice. Tracing the development of decentralisation policies through regional policies up to and including the general election in 2010 and the radical shift away from regionalism to localism by the new Coalition Government thereafter the authors look in detail at some of the key policies of the incumbent Coalition Government such as City Regions and Localism and their implementation. Finally they consider the implications of the existing situation and speculate on possible issues for the future.
Author : Jan Erk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351259507
Decentralization reforms introduced to Africa in the 1990s have not always delivered the intended long-term outcomes. This is a collection on the consequences of these reforms two decades on. In addition to general and comparative overviews, the book contains case studies on Ghana, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. The common theme across the chapters is that the reforms seem to have engendered political consequences beyond decentralization itself – mostly through interaction with the broader historical, political, social, and economic context. The book thus speaks both to the scholarly literature (on decentralization, democratization, and development) and to the community of development practitioners. Most of the literature on decentralization and development emphasizes questions of institutional design and policy, but here the harder-to-pin-down political patterns marking the workings of decentralization are the main focus of analysis. The debates on development, through the case studies, are connected to the scholarly literatures on comparative federalism, comparative decentralization, and local democracy. The main conclusion that emerges from the studies in the book is that no magic formula that can turn countries into peaceful, stable, and prosperous democracies overnight exists. Furthermore, there are risks involved in importing formal institutions without regard to the local historical, political, social, and economic context. The chapters of this book were originally published as a special issue in Regional and Federal Studies.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781134349067
Author : G K Lieten
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0803993390
As the longest surviving, democratically elected communist regime in the world, the Left Front government in West Bengal has drawn considerable attention. Development, Devolution, and Democracy critically examines the achievements of the government in the areas of land reforms, rural development, devolution of administration to the grass-roots level, and above all in ensuring the democratic participation of the poorest classes. Basing his study on primary field research, author G. K. Lieten analyzes the differing composition of village councils in terms of caste, class, gender, and the ability of the panchayats to mediate between an interventionist state and the goal of grass-roots empowerment. Lieten observes that political maturity and acumen, embodied in class-based organizations, has played a key role in assisting development initiatives to percolate through to the villages. The study also shows how the West Bengal government has not only assisted agrarian development but has done so with a strong pro-poor orientation. With the current emphasis on decentralized and grass-roots-level governance, this detailed and useful case study will interest administrators, politicians, economists, planners, sociologists, and political scientists as well as professionals and researchers in rural development.
Author : N.S. Cooray,Sirimal Abeyratne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811042591
This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka. For a quarter century, Sri Lanka was battered by its prolonged civil war, which ended in 2009, but has now achieved relative peace and stability. Having developed rapidly, Sri Lanka offers a classic example for developing countries. There is, however, a strong need, particularly in the context of postwar conflict, to formulate policies for reconciliation, peace building, and development at all levels—local, provincial, and national. Decentralization itself is not a new subject; however, how to devolve power to local administrative levels within a unitary system and how to link the devolved power to make local administrative systems more conducive to development and provide better services for citizens are challenging tasks in many countries. Taking into account the developmental, governance, and conciliatory needs and the sensitivity of central–local relations, this volume critically examines the local government systems in Sri Lanka. It also proposes a viable, effective and autonomous local-level administrative unit based, which draws on experiences from Japan and other countries, and identifies the role and functions of such a unit. The book presents commissioned papers from a three-year research project undertaken by internationally respected experts with financial support by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.
Author : Timothy J. Conlan
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815715617
In the period from 1970 to the early 1990s, Republican leaders launched three major reforms of the federal system. Although all three initiatives advanced decentralization as a goal, they were remarkably different in their policy objectives, philosophical assumptions, patterns of politics, and policy outcomes. Expanding and updating his acclaimed book, New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform from Nixon to Reagan (1988), Timothy Conlan provides a comprehensive look at intergovernmental reform from Nixon to the 104th Congress. The stated objectives of Republican reformers evolved from rationalizing and decentralizing an activist government, to rolling back the welfare state, to replacing it altogether. Conlan first explains why conservatives have placed so much emphasis on federal reform in their domestic agendas. He then examines Nixon's New Federalism, including management reforms and revenue sharing; analyzes the policies and politics of the "Reagan revolution"; and reviews the legislative limitations and achievements of the 104th Congress. Finally, he traces the remarkable evolution of federalism reform politics and ideology during the past 30 years and provides alternative scenarios for the future of American federalism.