Research Report Making Decentralization Work in Developing Countries: Transforming Local Government Entities into High Performing Organizations
Deborah Kimble, Jameson Boex, Ginka Kapitanova
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In developing countries, through the process of decentralization, municipal officials are constrained by administrative and governing practices that reflect a highly centralized, command driven economic system that has left a lasting impact on the culture and behavior of municipal administrations. In order for these local governments to become efficient and responsive providers of local infrastructure and public services, individuals and the organizations in which they work have to be transformed from entities that are local administrators of centrally-mandated public functions -which in large part requires compliance with central government rules and responsiveness to instructions from the top- into high-performing local government organizations (HPLGOs) which are capable of proactively identifying and responding to local needs.
Research Areas Global issues
Tags International public administration and local government International civil society and democratic institutions International urban development and the environment International development and governance