Author: Dan Caspi
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: decentralization, media
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1986-01-01
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0887380557
ISBN-13: 9780887380556

Author: Shinichi Ichimura
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: development, asian, policies, decentralization
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2008-12-29
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 9812818634
ISBN-13: 9789812818638

This book explores the important topic of fiscal decentralization in Asian countries, and focuses on how government finance and administration are being reformed to bring budgetary decisions closer to voters. The focus on Asia is especially important because all countries in this region have been undergoing serious fiscal reforms in the past decade. They include one of the biggest decentralization reforms in Indonesia, significant reforms in democratic Philippines and Vietnam which are in transition, and Japan, whose fiscal reconstruction program is covered extensively. India and China, whic

Authors:Thomas N. Kibua, Germano Mwabu,
Publisher: Univ. of Nairobi Press
Keywords: approaches, new, kenya, devolution, decentralization
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-08-20
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 9966846980
ISBN-13: 9789966846983

Efficient delivery of public services in Africa and other developing regions has for a long time been hindered by highly centralized government bureaucracies (Mwabu et al., 2001). In Kenya, several efforts have been made to reduce unnecessary layers of government to make service provision to the populace more effective. This book reports on recent decentralization and devolution innovations in Kenya. The volume is organized into three parts and contains a total of 12 chapters including the introduction. The chapters in Part 1 (Structures and Institutions) provide a comprehensive analysis of in

Authors:Ketleen Florestal, Robb Cooper,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: directions, development, issues, legal, education, decentralization
Number of Pages: 35
Published: 1997-06
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0821339338
ISBN-13: 9780821339336

Authors:Richard M. Bird, François Vaillancourt,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: trade, development, countries, developing, decentralization, fiscal
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-03-28
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0521641438
ISBN-13: 9780521641432

Fiscal Decentralisation in Developing Countries features important, original and up-to-date research from leading scholars assessing fiscal decentralization in developing countries. It has rich and varied case-study material from countries as diverse as India, China, Colombia, Bosnia-Herzogovina and South Africa.

Authors:Coen J.G. Holtzappel, Martin Ramstedt,
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Keywords: implementation, challenges, indonesia, autonomy, regional, decentralization
Number of Pages: 462
Published: 2009-11-05
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 9812308202
ISBN-13: 9789812308207

In 1999, Indonesia embarked on a reform of regional governance that brings self-governance to rural districts and municipalities, i.e., the administrative and democratic capacity needed to apply basic services like healthcare, national legislation and environment policies. This edited volume is the first book which not only deals with the 1999 legislation but also shows how the deficiencies and contradictions of this legislation reduced implementation between 2001 and 2004 to a try-out. The book also discusses the adaptations that were the focus of the debate on the revision of the 1999 legisl

Authors:Jonathan A. Rodden, Gunnar S. Eskeland,
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: budget, constraints, hard, challenge, decentralization, fiscal
Number of Pages: 486
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0262182297
ISBN-13: 9780262182294

In many parts of the world, lower levels of government are taking over responsibilities from national authorities. This often leads to difficulty in maintaining fiscal discipline. So-called soft budget constraints allow these subnational governments to expand expenditures without facing the full cost. Until now, however, there has been little understanding of how decentralization leads to large fiscal deficits and macroeconomic instability. This book, based on a research project at the World Bank, develops an analytical framework for considering the issues related to soft budget constraints