Tag: budgeting
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Decentralization, local governance and ‘recentralization’ in Africa
Abstract: African decentralization reforms are still experiencing problems in bringing about effective local governance. Central reluctance to relinquish authority in key areas of budgeting and revenue and the complexity of organizational redesign to support decentralization explain these problems. Author(s): Wunsch, James Stevenson Source(s): Public administration and development; 21(2001)4, p. 277-288 Public administration and development 21(2001)4…
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Deepening democracy : innovations in empowered participatory governance
Abstract: Five experiments in participatory deliberative governance from Brazil, India, and the USA are examined. It is shown that these designs are more responsiveness, effective, fair, participatory, deliberative, and accountable than more conventional models. Author(s): Fung, Archon; Wright, Erik Olin Source(s): , Politics & society; Vol. 29, No. 1 p. 5-41 Politics & society Vol.…