Fukuyama, Francis | 2013
- Author(s): Fukuyama, Francis
- Publisher: Center for global development (CGD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: bureaucracy, management, public administration, measurement, governance
Four approaches to improve measuring the quality of bureaucracies are described: (1) procedural measures; (2) capacity measures; (3) output measures; and (4) measures bureaucratic autonomy. The reasons why low-income countries are advised to reduce bureaucratic autonomy are also explained.
Fung, Archon | cop. 2011-
- Author(s): Fung, Archon
- Publisher: Participedia
- Pages: --
- Keywords: governance, popular participation, information exchange, internet, civil society, guidelines
Participedia is a tool for strengthening democracy. Based on a wiki platform, its main content consists of user-generated articles which describe and assess participatory governance throughout the world.
Fung, Archon and Wright, Erik Olin | 2001
- Author(s): Fung, Archon and Wright, Erik Olin
- Publisher: Sage
- Pages: 5--41
- Keywords: democracy, community participation, budgeting, development planning, brazil, india, united states
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.
Furukawa, Mitsuaki and Takahata, Junichiro | 2012
- Author(s): Furukawa, Mitsuaki and Takahata, Junichiro
- Publisher: Japan international cooperation agency (JICA) research institute
- Pages: --
- Keywords: budget contributions, public services, finance, development assistance, local government, tanzania
Intergovernmental flows to local governments in Tanzania are analysed in relation to donor General Budget Support disbursements. To improve service delivery on the ground, the transfers from donors to the central government and from the central government to local governments need to be timely.
Gadenne, Lucie | 2012
- Author(s): Gadenne, Lucie
- Publisher: American economic association (AEA)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, fiscal policy, accountability, local taxation, corrupt practices, brazil
This paper shows that local governments are more accountable when a larger fraction of their resources comes from local taxes. Moreover extra transfer revenues lead to more corruption, extra tax revenues do not.