Decentralization in developing countries
Decentralization in developing countries global perspectives on the obstacles to fiscal devolution / [electronic resource] :
edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez [and] François Vaillancourt.
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2011.
- 1 online resource (viii, 599 p.) : ill., maps.
- Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance .
- Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of the main obstacles to decentralization / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and François Vaillancourt -- Conceptual problems in the assignment of functions in SEE : the case of Albania / Bernard Dafflon -- Decentralization in the post-conflict African environment : Sierra Leone and southern Sudan / Bob Searle -- Challenge to intergovernmental fiscal relations in Pakistan : the revenue assignment dimension / Roy Bahl, Musharraf Cyan and Sally Wallace -- Constraints to effective fiscal decentralization in Peru / Ehtisham Ahmad and Mercedes García-Escribano -- Reining [sic] in provincial fiscal 'owners' : decentralization in Lao PDR / Juan Luis Gomez, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepúlveda -- Decentralization in Bangladesh : change has been elusive / William F. Fox and Balakrishna Menon -- The political-economy of decentralization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Kai Kaiser, Jean Mabi Mulumba and Tony Verheijen -- Decentralization in Burkina Faso : the slow march. towards devolution / Eric Champagne and Ben Mamadou Ouegraogo -- Decentralization in Cambodia : consolidating central power or building accountability from below? / Paul Smoke and Joanne Morrison -- Decentralization in Madagascar : a string of unfinished races / François Vaillancourt -- Decentralizing Egypt : not just another economic reform / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Andrey Timofeev -- Obstacles to decentralization in Ethiopia : political controls versus discretion and accountability / Serdar Yilmaz and Varsha Venugopal -- Tanzania's fiscal arrangements : obstacles to fiscal decentralization or structures of union-preserving federalism? / Luc Noiset and Mark Rider -- The difficult road to local autonomy in Yemen : decentralization reforms between political rationale and bureaucratic resistances in a multi-party democracy of the Arabian Peninsula / Leonardo G. Romeo and Mohamed El Mensi -- Sharing petroleum resources in Iraq : obstacle or foundation to decentralization / Grant Bishop and Anwar Shah.
This insightful study examines the decentralization experiences from 15 countries in different regions of the world. All of these countries have actively attempted to decentralize, or continue to do so, and have faced obstacles serious enough to either derail or significantly delay their decentralization objectives.
9781781000878 (e-book)
2010929044
Decentralization in government--Developing countries.
Fiscal policy--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JF60 / .D434 2011
320.91724
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of the main obstacles to decentralization / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and François Vaillancourt -- Conceptual problems in the assignment of functions in SEE : the case of Albania / Bernard Dafflon -- Decentralization in the post-conflict African environment : Sierra Leone and southern Sudan / Bob Searle -- Challenge to intergovernmental fiscal relations in Pakistan : the revenue assignment dimension / Roy Bahl, Musharraf Cyan and Sally Wallace -- Constraints to effective fiscal decentralization in Peru / Ehtisham Ahmad and Mercedes García-Escribano -- Reining [sic] in provincial fiscal 'owners' : decentralization in Lao PDR / Juan Luis Gomez, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepúlveda -- Decentralization in Bangladesh : change has been elusive / William F. Fox and Balakrishna Menon -- The political-economy of decentralization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / Kai Kaiser, Jean Mabi Mulumba and Tony Verheijen -- Decentralization in Burkina Faso : the slow march. towards devolution / Eric Champagne and Ben Mamadou Ouegraogo -- Decentralization in Cambodia : consolidating central power or building accountability from below? / Paul Smoke and Joanne Morrison -- Decentralization in Madagascar : a string of unfinished races / François Vaillancourt -- Decentralizing Egypt : not just another economic reform / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Andrey Timofeev -- Obstacles to decentralization in Ethiopia : political controls versus discretion and accountability / Serdar Yilmaz and Varsha Venugopal -- Tanzania's fiscal arrangements : obstacles to fiscal decentralization or structures of union-preserving federalism? / Luc Noiset and Mark Rider -- The difficult road to local autonomy in Yemen : decentralization reforms between political rationale and bureaucratic resistances in a multi-party democracy of the Arabian Peninsula / Leonardo G. Romeo and Mohamed El Mensi -- Sharing petroleum resources in Iraq : obstacle or foundation to decentralization / Grant Bishop and Anwar Shah.
This insightful study examines the decentralization experiences from 15 countries in different regions of the world. All of these countries have actively attempted to decentralize, or continue to do so, and have faced obstacles serious enough to either derail or significantly delay their decentralization objectives.
9781781000878 (e-book)
2010929044
Decentralization in government--Developing countries.
Fiscal policy--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JF60 / .D434 2011
320.91724