03051oam 22007335 450 991077763170332120200520144314.01-280-56457-197866105645760-8213-6566-510.1596/978-0-8213-6565-6(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(The World Bank)ocm62766148(US-djbf)14212396(EXLCZ)99100000000046608120051228d2006 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLocal governance in developing countries /edited by Anwar ShahWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2006.xxix, 457 pages illustrations ;23 cmPublic 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.World Bank e-Library.Finance, PublicDeveloping countriesLocal financeDeveloping countriesLocal governmentDeveloping countriesPublic administrationDeveloping countriesFinance, PublicLocal financeLocal governmentPublic administration320.809172/4Shah Anwar125713DLCDLCBAKERC#PYDXCPOCLCQDLCBOOK9910777631703321Local governance in developing countries3831442UNINA