03467nam 2200397 450 991050639240332120230629230134.03-030-82844-1(CKB)4950000000281539(MiAaPQ)EBC6785187(Au-PeEL)EBL6785187(OCoLC)1280047838(EXLCZ)99495000000028153920220716d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAssessing PNDL Romanian leaders in quest for state-budget funds /Anca Monica MarinCham, Switzerland :Springer,[2021]©20211 online resource (145 pages)3-030-82843-3 Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Rationale -- 1.1 What Is this Book About -- 1.2 Why Reading this Book -- 1.3 Structure of the Book -- 1.4 Why Study Romania? -- 1.5 Why Study State Budget Funded Programs and PNDL? -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Data and Method -- 2.2 Data Sources -- 2.3 Limitations and Robustness of Findings -- 3 Study Context -- 3.1 Overview of Romanian Local Public Administration -- 3.2 Context of the State Budget Funded Programs -- 3.3 Additional Method of Project Submission: The Role of MPs in Funding Local Public Authorities -- 3.4 PNDL Program Design: Steps for Allocating PNDL Funds -- 4 PNDL at the Crossroads Between Sociology, Public Management and Public Finance: Towards a Theoretical Approach -- 4.1 Characteristics of Public Organisations -- 4.2 Characteristics of the Funding Environment -- 4.3 Relationships Between Public Organisations and Funding Environment -- 5 Key Findings -- 5.1 General Results -- 5.2 Descriptive Results at the Level of County Councils -- 5.2.1 Where Does the Money Go? Contracts and Investment Objectives -- The Less Transparent, the More Attractive? Volume of Funds: A Comparative Perspective Between PNDL and European Funding -- 5.2.2 A Closer Look: A Typology of the County Councils by Type and Volume of Funds -- 5.2.3 An Explanatory Model of the Absorption Results of PNDL for County Councils -- 5.3 Results at the Level of Municipalities -- 5.3.1 Results at the Level of Urban Municipalities -- 5.3.2 Results at the Level of Rural Municipalities -- Are Rural Marginalised Areas Marginalised From Allocating PNDL Funds? -- Are Rural Marginalised Areas Marginalised From Allocating PNDL Funds? -- 6 Update 2020: Has Anything Changed in Between?.7 Update 2020: What Is the Relevance of Studying PNDL in the Context of the Global Crisis of COVID-19? -- 8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- What Can Be (Better) Done Next? -- 9 Annex -- 9.1 Annex 1. Public Information Requests Submitted to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration -- 9.1.1 Annex 1.1. First Public Information Request Submitted to MDRAP -- 9.1.2 Annex 1.2. Second Public Information Request Submitted to MDRAP -- 9.1.3 Annex 1.3. MDRAP's Response to the Second Public Information Request Submitted -- 9.2 Annex 2. List of Variables Included in the Analysis -- References.RomaniaEconomic policy338.9498Marin Anca Monica872080MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910506392403321Assessing PNDL2568618UNINA