Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework

This report evaluates the framework of decentralization reforms instituted in decentralizing countries. Decentralization is a multi-faceted process which includes giving discretion to local governments and establishing accountability mechanisms at...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE LEVEL DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR FISCAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL HEALTH SECTOR POLITICAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/16279361/local-government-discretion-accountability-application-local-governance-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12588

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spelling	okr-10986-125882021-04-23T14:03:01Z Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE LEVEL DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR FISCAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL HEALTH SECTOR POLITICAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL This report evaluates the framework of decentralization reforms instituted in decentralizing countries. Decentralization is a multi-faceted process which includes giving discretion to local governments and establishing accountability mechanisms at three different levels of governance: political, administrative and fiscal. Therefore, the analysis of the decentralization reforms should also be based on an inter-disciplinary approach. The report applies this framework to ten countries and two sectors and uses the case studies as the primary data collection tool. These case studies provide detailed contextual analysis of the political, administrative and fiscal aspects of decentralization. The countries identified for the case studies are Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kerala/India, Philippines, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Punjab/Pakistan. The sectors identified are health and education. The review of these case studies suggests that most of the local governments do not fare well on many assessment criteria of well-designed decentralization. In addition to the insubstantial discretion available to the local governments, accountability mechanisms are also not well developed. 2013-03-01T16:27:56Z 2013-03-01T16:27:56Z 2009-06-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/16279361/local-government-discretion-accountability-application-local-governance-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12588 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE LEVEL DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR FISCAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL HEALTH SECTOR POLITICAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE LEVEL DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR FISCAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL HEALTH SECTOR POLITICAL GOVERNANCE LEVEL World Bank Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
description	This report evaluates the framework of decentralization reforms instituted in decentralizing countries. Decentralization is a multi-faceted process which includes giving discretion to local governments and establishing accountability mechanisms at three different levels of governance: political, administrative and fiscal. Therefore, the analysis of the decentralization reforms should also be based on an inter-disciplinary approach. The report applies this framework to ten countries and two sectors and uses the case studies as the primary data collection tool. These case studies provide detailed contextual analysis of the political, administrative and fiscal aspects of decentralization. The countries identified for the case studies are Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kerala/India, Philippines, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Punjab/Pakistan. The sectors identified are health and education. The review of these case studies suggests that most of the local governments do not fare well on many assessment criteria of well-designed decentralization. In addition to the insubstantial discretion available to the local governments, accountability mechanisms are also not well developed.
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title	Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
title_short	Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
title_full	Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
title_fullStr	Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
title_full_unstemmed	Local Government Discretion and Accountability : Application of a Local Governance Framework
title_sort	local government discretion and accountability : application of a local governance framework
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/16279361/local-government-discretion-accountability-application-local-governance-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12588
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