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Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Japan

Joumard, Isabelle - 2005

Revamping fiscal relations across levels of government is of paramount importance in supporting fiscal consolidation and public sector effectiveness. This paper analyses a number of problems, including regulations that limit local governments’ ability to innovate and respond to local...

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Meeting the Challenges of Decentralisation in France

Jamet, Stéphanie - 2007

Despite France’s previously well-deserved reputation as a highly centralised state, a significant number of responsibilities have been devolved to regional and local government over the past two decades. The process has not been easy. The extremely large number of very small municipalities...

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Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Mexico

Joumard, Isabelle - 2005

Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignments across levels of government, however, often overlap and/or are not yet fully understood by most citizens. Sub-national governments’ accountability is further reduced by the heavy reliance on...

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Decentralisation and Poverty in Developing Countries : Exploring the Impact

Jütting, Johannes; Kauffmann, Céline; McDonnell, Ida; … - 2004

Decentralisation has been advocated by donors and development agencies as an important factor broadening citizen participation and improving local governance, thereby promoting poverty reduction from the bottom up. On the basis of a comprehensive review of 19 country case studies documented in...

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Getting the Most Out of Public-Sector Decentralisation in Korea

Jones, Randall - 2005

This paper discusses policies to improve fiscal relations between levels of government to better meet the needs of citizens, an objective of the government’s “Roadmap for Decentralisation”. Although local government accounts for around half of total government spending, they have little...

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Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction

Jütting, Johannes - 2005

recently that the linkages between decentralization and poverty reduction have been addressed. This Policy Insight highlights …

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New Zealand: Modernising Schools in a Decentralised Environment

Sheerin, Bruce - 2008

The government of New Zealand delegates property expenditure decisions to each individual school. Such a decentralised environment creates a challenge for school boards and principals to obtain advice on the complex issues around designing schools. To inform schools, the Ministry of Education...

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Governing locally : institutions, policies and implementation in Indian cities

Jacob, Babu; Jacob, Suraj - 2021

India and other countries chose a decentralised mode of delivering public services through elected local governments for increasing public welfare. However, great expectations of effective services, increased accountability and people's participation were widely belied in practice. Based on...

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The impact of state restructuring on Indonesia's regional economic convergence

Adiwan Fahlan Aritenang - 2016

The creation of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 1992 and decentralization in 1999 mark the state restructuring in …, econometrics study found that decentralization has accelerated regional disparities whilst the AFTA effect is insignificant on … lacks studies on the integrated impact of decentralization and trade liberalization, both economically and politically …

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Decentralising employment policy : new trends and challenges; the Venice conference

1999

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