Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report

Indonesia has embarked upon a radical and rapid decentralization program. Regional autonomy is transforming one of the most centralized countries in the world into one of the more decentralized ones. If managed well, a country as large and diverse...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2461573/decentralizing-indonesia-regional-public-expenditure-review-overview-report
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spelling okr-10986-146322021-04-23T14:03:16Z Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report World Bank ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY AD HOC GRANTS ADB ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AUDITING AUTHORITY AUTONOMY BORROWING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS TAXES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIES CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS COAL CONSENSUS CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEBT DEBT SERVICE DECENTRALIZATION DECREE DECREES DEMOCRACY DISTRICTS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EQUALIZATION EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RISK FISCAL FISCAL INCENTIVES FISCAL YEAR FORESTRY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GRANT ALLOCATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL FRAMEWORK INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL SYSTEM INVESTMENT CLIMATE LACK OF CLARITY LAWS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY LOCAL CONSTITUENTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL TAX MINISTRY OF FINANCE MORAL HAZARD MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE TAXES NATURAL RESOURCES PENSIONS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE SHARING REVENUE SHARING REVENUE SOURCES TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY WATERSHED PUBLIC EXPENDITURES DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT REGIONALIZATION AUTONOMY REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL COORDINATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION SERVICE DELIVERY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT REVENUE SHARING TAX ADMINISTRATION BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITING URBAN AREAS ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES Indonesia has embarked upon a radical and rapid decentralization program. Regional autonomy is transforming one of the most centralized countries in the world into one of the more decentralized ones. If managed well, a country as large and diverse as Indonesia will benefit greatly from decentralization, through more efficient service delivery, but also national unity and democracy. Yet, not all is well. The Consultative Assembly, the country's highest constitutional body, has recognized as much by calling for a thorough evaluation of the decentralization program, and adjustments of the decentralization laws, if needed. Indonesia should use the process of revision as an opportunity to create a consensus on the type and extent of regional autonomy, and define better rules of the game to ensure that the benefits of decentralization will prevail. Rapid decentralization and its hasty preparation have left much unfinished business. Some of the issues encountered are merely teething problems of an ambitious decentralization program, and over time they can be ironed out. Others could jeopardize the success of the program itself, undermine the potential efficiency gains of decentralization, and even trigger fiscal imbalances and macroeconomic instability over the longer run. These issues fall into three broad categories: (i) the assignment of functions over levels of government: (ii) local capacity to implement the functions; (iii) the intergovernmental fiscal system; and (iv) accountability at the local level. 2013-07-29T17:50:02Z 2013-07-29T17:50:02Z 2003-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2461573/decentralizing-indonesia-regional-public-expenditure-review-overview-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14632 English en_US Public expenditure review (PER); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
AD HOC GRANTS
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
AUDITING
AUTHORITY
AUTONOMY
BORROWING
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUSINESS TAXES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIES
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
COAL
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEBT SERVICE
DECENTRALIZATION
DECREE
DECREES
DEMOCRACY
DISTRICTS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
EQUALIZATION
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL RISK
FISCAL
FISCAL INCENTIVES
FISCAL YEAR
FORESTRY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GRANT ALLOCATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INCOME
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL FRAMEWORK
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL SYSTEM
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LACK OF CLARITY
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LEVIES
LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
LOCAL CONSTITUENTS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL REVENUE
LOCAL TAX
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES
NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICY
NATURAL RESOURCE TAXES
NATURAL RESOURCES
PENSIONS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORKS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE SHARING
REVENUE SHARING
REVENUE SOURCES
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSPARENCY
WATERSHED PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
REGIONALIZATION
AUTONOMY
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL COORDINATION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
REVENUE SHARING
TAX ADMINISTRATION
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
AUDITING
URBAN AREAS
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
AD HOC GRANTS
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
AUDITING
AUTHORITY
AUTONOMY
BORROWING
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUSINESS TAXES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIES
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
COAL
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DEBT
DEBT SERVICE
DECENTRALIZATION
DECREE
DECREES
DEMOCRACY
DISTRICTS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
EQUALIZATION
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL RISK
FISCAL
FISCAL INCENTIVES
FISCAL YEAR
FORESTRY
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GRANT ALLOCATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INCOME
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL FRAMEWORK
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL SYSTEM
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LACK OF CLARITY
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LEVIES
LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
LOCAL CONSTITUENTS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL REVENUE
LOCAL TAX
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES
NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICY
NATURAL RESOURCE TAXES
NATURAL RESOURCES
PENSIONS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORKS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE SHARING
REVENUE SHARING
REVENUE SOURCES
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSPARENCY
WATERSHED PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
REGIONALIZATION
AUTONOMY
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL COORDINATION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
REVENUE SHARING
TAX ADMINISTRATION
BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
AUDITING
URBAN AREAS
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
World Bank
Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
relation Public expenditure review (PER);
description Indonesia has embarked upon a radical and rapid decentralization program. Regional autonomy is transforming one of the most centralized countries in the world into one of the more decentralized ones. If managed well, a country as large and diverse as Indonesia will benefit greatly from decentralization, through more efficient service delivery, but also national unity and democracy. Yet, not all is well. The Consultative Assembly, the country's highest constitutional body, has recognized as much by calling for a thorough evaluation of the decentralization program, and adjustments of the decentralization laws, if needed. Indonesia should use the process of revision as an opportunity to create a consensus on the type and extent of regional autonomy, and define better rules of the game to ensure that the benefits of decentralization will prevail. Rapid decentralization and its hasty preparation have left much unfinished business. Some of the issues encountered are merely teething problems of an ambitious decentralization program, and over time they can be ironed out. Others could jeopardize the success of the program itself, undermine the potential efficiency gains of decentralization, and even trigger fiscal imbalances and macroeconomic instability over the longer run. These issues fall into three broad categories: (i) the assignment of functions over levels of government: (ii) local capacity to implement the functions; (iii) the intergovernmental fiscal system; and (iv) accountability at the local level.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review
author World Bank
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title Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
title_short Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
title_full Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
title_fullStr Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
title_full_unstemmed Decentralizing Indonesia : A Regional Public Expenditure Review Overview Report
title_sort decentralizing indonesia : a regional public expenditure review overview report
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2461573/decentralizing-indonesia-regional-public-expenditure-review-overview-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14632
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