02890nam 22006614a 450 991045192780332120200520144314.01-280-56457-197866105645760-8213-6566-5(CKB)1000000000466081(EBL)459693(OCoLC)567895120(SSID)ssj0000088065(PQKBManifestationID)11121260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088065(PQKBWorkID)10070985(PQKB)11686652(MiAaPQ)EBC459693(Au-PeEL)EBL459693(CaPaEBR)ebr10141040(CaONFJC)MIL56457(OCoLC)654307624(EXLCZ)99100000000046608120051228d2006 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLocal governance in developing countries[electronic resource] /edited by Anwar ShahWashington, D.C. World Bankc20061 online resource (492 p.)Public sector, governance, and accountability seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6565-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 The New Vision of Local Governance and the Evolving Roles of Local Governments; TABLES; BOXES; FIGURES; Africa; Asia; Europe and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; IndexThis 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.Public sector governance and accountability series.Finance, PublicDeveloping countriesLocal financeDeveloping countriesLocal governmentDeveloping countriesPublic administrationDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Finance, PublicLocal financeLocal governmentPublic administration320.809172/4Shah Anwar125713MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451927803321Local governance in developing countries1927356UNINA