Rethinking Decentralization in Developing Countries
Title | Rethinking Decentralization in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Jennie Ilene Litvack |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821343500 |
In an effort to reduce poverty and improve nutrition, this Bank operation assisted the Indian program Operation Flood to develop the dairy industry in India. This study examines the policy changes instituted to support the aid flow to the dairy sector and discusses the lessons learned and benefits realized through improved dairy production. It also presents suggestions for improvement. This program differs from other Bank efforts in that it focuses on a single commodity to alleviate poverty and raise living standards.
Rethinking Decentralization in Developing Countries
Title | Rethinking Decentralization in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Jennie Ilene Litvack |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2008 |
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Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries
Title | Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Miller Bird |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521641438 |
There appears to be an increasing trend in worldwide fiscal decentralization. In particular, many developing countries are turning to various forms of fiscal decentralization as an escape from inefficient and ineffective governance, macroeconomic stability, and inadequate growth. Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: An Overview edited by Professors Bird and Vaillancourt and featuring important research from leading scholars assesses the progress, problems and potentials of fiscal decentralization in a variety of developing countries around the world. With rich and varied case-study material from countries as diverse as India, China, Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa this volume complements neatly the collection Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations edited by David Wildasin and also published by Cambridge, which presented theoretical advances in the area of research.
Decentralization & Development
Title | Decentralization & Development PDF eBook |
Author | G. Shabbir Cheema |
Publisher | SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 1983-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Disillusioned with the results of centralized government planning, many countries have recently tried placing planning authority with state, regional or district agencies. The authors in this volume examine experiences in Asia, South America, and Africa to review the varieties of decentralization policies and programmes. They identify the social, economic, and political factors that seem to influence their success or failure. Alternative approaches to decentralization of development planning are discussed, and prescriptions for improved implementation are made. Different concepts of decentralization are explored throughout the book, and the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of decentralization are also detailed.
Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies
Title | Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies PDF eBook |
Author | Anwar Shah |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2016 |
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Shah discusses the revolution in public sector thinking that is transforming the public sectors of developing and transition countries. Countries are reconsidering their fiscal systems and searching for the right balance between central government control and decentralized governance. Political decentralization has advanced in most countries. Subnational expenditures in developing countries as a percentage of total public expenditures have also increased over the past two decades. However, the process is far from complete. In many countries, the central government is still involved in the delivery of local services, local governments have few sources of own-revenues, local governments have limited access to borrowing for capital projects, and the design of intergovernmental transfers does neither address regional fiscal equity nor convey appropriate incentives for fiscal discipline, improved service delivery performance, and accountability to citizens.Decentralized public governance can help realign public sector incentives through greater accountability to citizens, and attenuate the quot;democracy deficitquot; caused by globalization and the role of supranational institutions and regimes. However, this requires careful examination of the entire fiscal system. Elements of a comprehensive package of fiscal system reforms would include:- Clarifying roles of various levels of government in public service delivery.- Reassigning taxing responsibilities to ensure local revenue autonomy, accountability, and efficiency without endangering an internal common market.- Designing fiscal transfers to ensure regional fiscal equity and to create an enabling environment for innovative and competitive service delivery.- Facilitating responsible credit market access to subnational governments.- Designing institutional arrangements for intergovernmental fiscal relations to better coordinate policies.- Aligning operational capacity with the authorizing environment through the quot;accountability for resultsquot; framework of public management.This paper - a product of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Division, World Bank Institute - is part of a larger effort in the institute to disseminate ideas in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable public governance.
Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies
Title | Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies PDF eBook |
Author | Anwar Shah |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Decentralization in government |
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Decentralization in Education
Title | Decentralization in Education PDF eBook |
Author | Donald R. Winkler |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Educacion |
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Some decisionmaking (about educational finance and teacher recruitment) should be handled at the local level and some (about school organization and curriculum) at the regional level. Problems of equity can be addressed through a system of central government grants.