Decentralization and service delivery (English)

Dissatisfied with centralized approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralizing responsibility for these services to lower-level, locally elected governments. The results have been mixed. The paper provides a framework for evaluating the benefits and costs, in terms of service delivery, of different approaches to decentralization, based on relationships of accountability between different actors in the...

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Ahmad,Junaid Kamal;

Devarajan,Shantayanan;

Khemani,Stuti;

Shah,Shekhar;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3603
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Decentralization and service delivery
Keywords
lack of access to capital

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Ahmad,Junaid Kamal; Devarajan,Shantayanan; Khemani,Stuti; Shah,Shekhar.

Decentralization and service delivery (English). Policy research working paper ; no. WPS 3603 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606871468139500265

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