Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery
Addressing regional disparities in access to public services is an emerging development challenge for Thailand. A well-functioning system of Central-Local Government Relations and proactive expenditure policy can help achieve this goal. Providing r...
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okr-10986-173622021-04-23T14:03:37Z Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS CENTRAL-LOCAL ARCHITECTURE DECENTRALIZATION EDUCATION SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR NATIONAL DELIVERY STANDARDS PUBLIC SERVICE ACCESS REGIONAL ACCESS DISPARITIES Addressing regional disparities in access to public services is an emerging development challenge for Thailand. A well-functioning system of Central-Local Government Relations and proactive expenditure policy can help achieve this goal. Providing responsive and accountable public services are necessary for maintaining trust of the citizens in government and fostering cohesion within a unitary state like Thailand. Without a reversal of current regional disparities in access to public services and addressing tensions that are present in the central-local architecture, Thailand runs the risk of eroding public trust in government and leading to further polarization. Thailand has a significant opportunity to improve delivery of public services by: (i) making access to public services more uniform across the country; (ii) transitioning fully to a unitary decentralized form of government with clearly demarcated roles and accountability structures between different levels of government (especially within health and education sectors) and to administratively consolidate Laos into larger more financially viable entities; and (iii) establishing national service delivery standards, publishing annual performance reports on these benchmarks along with unit costs of standard goods and supplies procured, and publishing reports on operations at the municipal level. 2014-03-25T18:41:48Z 2014-03-25T18:41:48Z 2012-12-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/19162277/thailand-public-financial-management-report-2012-improving-service-delivery-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17362 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Bangkok Economic & Sector Work :: Public Investment Review Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Thailand |
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Addressing regional disparities in
access to public services is an emerging development
challenge for Thailand. A well-functioning system of
Central-Local Government Relations and proactive expenditure
policy can help achieve this goal. Providing responsive and
accountable public services are necessary for maintaining
trust of the citizens in government and fostering cohesion
within a unitary state like Thailand. Without a reversal of
current regional disparities in access to public services
and addressing tensions that are present in the
central-local architecture, Thailand runs the risk of
eroding public trust in government and leading to further
polarization. Thailand has a significant opportunity to
improve delivery of public services by: (i) making access to
public services more uniform across the country; (ii)
transitioning fully to a unitary decentralized form of
government with clearly demarcated roles and accountability
structures between different levels of government
(especially within health and education sectors) and to
administratively consolidate Laos into larger more
financially viable entities; and (iii) establishing national
service delivery standards, publishing annual performance
reports on these benchmarks along with unit costs of
standard goods and supplies procured, and publishing
reports on operations at the municipal level. |
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Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery |
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Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery |
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Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery |
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Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery |
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Central-Local Government Relations in Thailand : Improving Service Delivery |
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central-local government relations in thailand : improving service delivery |
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Bangkok |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/19162277/thailand-public-financial-management-report-2012-improving-service-delivery-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17362 |
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