Local governance in developing countries

By Anwar Shah. 2006

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This book develops a comparative institutional framework for responsive, responsible, and accountable governance in developing countries. It provides a synthesis of analytical literature on local governance. It traces the historical evolution of local governance and presents a stylized view of alternative models of local governance practiced in various countries. It also presents case studies for 10 countries (South Africa, Uganda, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile) by leading national and international scholars. The country case studies present an in-depth view of local government organization and finance in each country.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Law, Political Science and International Relations

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Partial fiscal decentralization (2009, background): “Reflecting limited own source revenues, figures presented by Shah and Shah (2006) show that, in a sample of ten lower-income countries,1 local governments relied on intergovernmental transfers for 51% of their revenue, in contrast to a smaller transfer share of 34% for OECD countries.”
How Close Is Your Government to Its People? Worldwide Indicators on Localization and Decentralization (2012, background): “Moving government closer to people also matters in reducing transactions costs of individuals to hold the government to account for incompetence or malfeasance – a neo-institutional economics perspective advanced by Shah and Shah (2006). Finally, a network form of governance is needed to forge partn”