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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788693003321

Autore

Brosio Giorgio

Titolo

Uganda : : Managing More Effective Decentralization / / Giorgio Brosio, Ehtisham Ahmad, Maria Gonzalez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-5382-7

1-4527-1380-4

1-283-51786-8

9786613830319

1-4519-0992-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (32 pages) : illustrations

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AhmadEhtisham

GonzalezMaria

Soggetti

Decentralization in government - Uganda

Fiscal policy - Uganda

Intergovernmental fiscal relations - Uganda

Public Finance

Health Policy

Education: General

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Analysis of Health Care Markets

Health: General

Education

Public finance & taxation

Health systems & services

Health economics

Expenditure

Public financial management (PFM)

Health care

Health

Expenditures, Public

Finance, Public

Medical care

Uganda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION ""; ""II. A BENCHMARK: PRINCIPLES OF DECENTRALIZATION REFORM""; ""III. UGANDA�S DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS: THE INSTITUTIONS""; ""IV. SPECIFIC OUTCOMES IN SERVICE DELIVERY""; ""V. FINAL REMARKS""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. A politically driven and ambitious decentralization program implemented by the authorities since the late 1990s has had mixed results in terms of enhancing service delivery. Paradoxically, concerns with the results of service delivery, partially driven by donors' requirements, have resulted in a deconcentrated system relying on conditional grants and unfunded mandates. This has reduced the incentives, responsibility, and ownership for local authorities to improve service delivery. Crucially, for functions where the local authorities have had full responsibility, better service quality has resulted than in those areas in which there are overlapping responsibilities between the center and the local authorities.