Yilmaz, Serdar | 2007
- Author(s): Yilmaz, Serdar
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, decision-making, governance, accountability, popular participation
The main objective of this report is to present a coherent and comprehensive approach for decentralizing countries to achieve a high degree of local government discretion accompanied by robust accountability mechanisms.
Yilmaz, Serdar and Beris, Yakup and Serrano-Berthet, Rodrigo | 2008
- Author(s): Yilmaz, Serdar and Beris, Yakup and Serrano-Berthet, Rodrigo
- Publisher: World bank. Social development department
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, accountability, fiscal policy, political aspects, administrative aspects, elite
This paper presents an analytical framework for studying the accountability implications of fiscal, administrative, and political decentralization reform. One of the conclusions is that monitoring and controlling the exercise of discretion is a major challenge to decentralization reform.
Yuliani, Elizabeth Linda | 2004]
- Author(s): Yuliani, Elizabeth Linda
- Publisher: Center for international forestry research (CIFOR)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, public administration, public services, decision-making
This document lists definitions of decentralization, deconcentration, devolution and other related terms used in papers presented at the Interlaken Workshop on Decentralization, 27-30 April 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland.
Zagema, Bertram | 2011
- Author(s): Zagema, Bertram
- Publisher: Oxfam GB
- Pages: --
- Keywords: poverty, social justice, governance, foreign investments, land acquisition, uganda, sudan, indonesia, honduras, guatemala
This paper looks in detail at 5 land grabs: in Uganda, Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, and South Sudan. It seeks to understand their impact on poor people and their communities and to examine the roles played by international investors and home-country governments.
Zakaria, Zaherawati | 2010
- Author(s): Zakaria, Zaherawati
- Publisher: Science publications
- Pages: 296--302
- Keywords: local government, public services, accountability, public opinion, popular participation, malaysia
The factors affecting the user’s perception of environmental services provided by the local government in Kedah, Malaysia, were identified. In the future, government rules and regulations should be more transparent and the participation of all parties should be encouraged.