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Decentralization and service delivery
Ahmad, Junaid (contributor) - 2005
"Dissatisfied with centralized approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralizing responsibility for these services to lower-level, locally elected governments. The results have been mixed. The paper provides a framework for evaluating the benefits and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522597
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India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
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/10012553147
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India - Rural governments and Service Delivery : Volume 2. Note
World Bank - 2012
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
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India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 3. Main Report
World Bank - 2012
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/10012553149
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Republic of Belarus : Social Accountability in Municipal Services
World Bank - 2014
The objective of this report is to provide background and context on the housing and utilities sector in Belarus, focusing in particular on Bank-funded Water, Waste management, and biomass-based district heating projects. The report aims to assess the existing Social Accountability (SA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560645
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The Performance of Palestinian Local Governments : An Assessment of Service Delivery Outcomes and Performance Drivers in West Bank and Gaza
World Bank - 2017
Palestinian local governments represent a key pillar of the future Palestinian state. Predating the Palestinian Authority, many have long and proud histories, including some of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. With increasing political and geographical fragmentation over the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247527
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Procurement and Service Delivery : An Overview of Efforts to Improve Governance of Public Procurement at Local Levels in South Asia
World Bank - 2013
Over the past decade, the overly centralized governance structures commonly found across South Asia have begun to change, with program and fiscal responsibility being devolved to local level government authorities and community-based organizations. This has led to greater participation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557903
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An Assignment of Local Service Delivery and Local Governments in Kenya
World Bank - 2013
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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Kazakhstan - Governance and Service Delivery : A Diagnostic Report
World Bank - 2013
The role, structure and capacity of the public sector are still evolving in Kazakhstan. Strengthening its performance … government offices. The three surveys complement each other. The surveys make it possible to identify links between performance …
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Governance and the city : an empirical exploration into global determinants of urban performance
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2005
determinants of the performance of cities. They construct a preliminary worldwide database for cities, containing variables and … indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … globalization (at both the country and city level) do matter for city-level performance in terms of access and quality of delivery …
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