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"This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralized … local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because localization helps to break the …
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"Indonesia's "big bang" decentralization in 2001 shifted much of the responsibility for local economic development from central government to district and city governments, which today number more than 450. But the performance of these districts has varied widely. This paper attempts to...
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"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines economic development and growth in Turkish provinces. Although there is a rich literature on the economic effects of government decentralization from...
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"While there is extensive knowledge about how to design fiscal decentralization policies, considerably less is understood about how a decentralization program should be sequenced and implemented. Countries embarking on decentralization often struggle with decisions about the essential components...
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fiscal policy management and transparent and accountable governance. "--World Bank web site …
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empowerment, the author explores the nature of decentralized governance and how this type of structure is likely to be more or … that in a context of decentralized local governance, empowerment is most likely to occur when three conditions prevail: low …
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"Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to promote sustainable and integrated resource management particularly of river basins. Based on an analytical framework for relating decentralization and stakeholder involvement to...
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