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Citizen participation in the decisionmaking and development activities of local government can produce more efficient and effective delivery of services by the public sector. In order to foster participation, some responsibility must be devolved from central to local government. However, the...
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This study addresses the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services. The focus throughout is on disadvantaged rural areas. The study demonstrates the approach for a small number of sectors that have been "devolved" to...
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This study addresses the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services. The focus throughout is on disadvantaged rural areas. The study demonstrates the approach for a small number of sectors that have been "devolved" to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553148
the potential for establishing direct accountability of governance mechanisms to citizens. It also raises a number of …Over the past decade, the overly centralized governance structures commonly found across South Asia have begun to …-based organizations. This has led to greater participation of ordinary citizens in governance and public decision-making. The move to …
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The report examines the local government sector in Kenya, the reform and decentralization process, and the dynamics of local service delivery. The report is organized in three parts. The first, traces the broad contours of the reform process in Kenya: the inter-governmental system, local...
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improve the delivery of basic public services by enhancing the transparency and accountability of state functioning. … and social benefits of improving governance and service delivery - and of the consequences of not doing so - is therefore … implementation of reforms, such as competitive recruitment of civil servants, and provides information on the business culture of …
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