The new vision of local governance and the evolving roles of local governments / by Anwar Shah with Sana Shah -- Local government organization and finance: South Africa / by Chris Heymans -- Local government organization and finance: Uganda / by Jesper Steffensen -- Local government organization and finance: China / by Baoyun Qiao and Anwar Shah -- Local government organization and finance: urban India / by Om Prakash Mathur -- Local government organization and finance: rural India / by V.N. Alok -- Local government organization and finance: Indonesia / by Sebastian Eckardt and Anwar Shah -- Local government organization and finance: Kazakhstan / by Meruert Makhmutova -- Local government organization and finance: Poland / by Pawel Swianiewicz -- Local government organization and finance: Argentina / by Miguel Angel Asensio -- Local government organization and finance: Brazil / by José Roberto Rodrigues Afonso and Erika Amorim Araújo -- Local government organization and finance: Chile / by Leonardo Letelier S
Summary
This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by policy makers and practitioners in addition to students and scholars of public finance, economics and politics
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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