Title: Local government discretion and accountability : a diagnostic framework for local governance

Authors: Yilmaz, Serdar and Beris, Yakup and Serrano-Berthet, Rodrigo

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank. Social development department

Year: 2008

Journal: Local governance & accountability seriesSocial development working papers

Volume: 113

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, accountability, fiscal policy, political aspects, administrative aspects, elite

Abstract: 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.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/244362-1164107274725/3182370-1164201144397/3187094-1173195121091/SD_Working_Paper_113.pdf?resourceurlname=SD_Working_Paper_113.pdf

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