Local governance in developing countries /
Local governance in developing countries /
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2006.
- xxix, 457 p. : 23cm
- Public sector, governance, and accountability series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0821365657 9780821365656
Local finance
Local government
Finance, Public
Public administration
HJ9695 / .L63 2006
320.8091724 / LOC
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0821365657 9780821365656
Local finance
Local government
Finance, Public
Public administration
HJ9695 / .L63 2006
320.8091724 / LOC