Boex, Jamie | 2009
- Author(s): Boex, Jamie
- Publisher: Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, fiscal policy, finance, development strategies
This short essay explores current knowledge of fiscal decentralization and assesses its relevance to the wider international development agenda. There is a need for systematic stock-taking to strengthen the practice of fiscal decentralization reforms and the reform of intergovernmental finances.
Boex, Jamie and Cadwell, Charles | [2009]
- Author(s): Boex, Jamie and Cadwell, Charles
- Publisher: Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: governance, public services, development assistance, international co-operation, afghanistan
The characteristics of the current intergovernmental system and the burden on the delivery of citizen-focused services in Afghanistan are described. Suggestions for steps that donors can take to address the paradox of having excessive central control in a weak state are suggested.
Boex, Jamie and Kelly, Roy | 2011
- Author(s): Boex, Jamie and Kelly, Roy
- Publisher: Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: ethnic and racial groups, accountability, public sector, conflict, legislation, decentralization in government, kenya
Following the post-election violence in 2007, Kenya adopted a new constitution in September 2010, which represents an important step in the process of national reconciliation and an important attempt to make Kenya's public sector more efficient and more accountable through devolution.
Boex, Jamie and Kimble, Deborah and Pigey, Juliana | 2010
- Author(s): Boex, Jamie and Kimble, Deborah and Pigey, Juliana
- Publisher: Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, conflict, public services, development assistance, development projects, co-operation between organizations, uganda
The main features and potential impact of five post-conflict programmes in northern Uganda are compared to assess to what extent each program engages local governments in an effective manner and whether local governments can serve as an effective public service delivery modality.
Boex, Jameson and Muga, Matitu C. | 2009
- Author(s): Boex, Jameson and Muga, Matitu C.
- Publisher: Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, finance, budgeting, institutional infrastructure, development planning, tanzania
Data for local government authorities in Tanzania are used to examine the determinants of effective local financial management in developing economies. Councils with better planning and project implementation practices achieved better local financial management outcomes.