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Fiscal Decentralization Stocktaking Study In Nepal: Final Report, Roy Kelly
Fiscal Decentralization Stocktaking Study In Nepal: Final Report, Roy Kelly
Roy Kelly
Nepal is in the midst of a major political, administrative and fiscal restructuring reform moving towards a federal government structure to enhance governance and improve public service delivery. These ongoing efforts are being formulated against the background of the current sub-national governance structure which is largely based on the 1999 Local Self Governance Act (LSGA). The LSGA was a major decentralization reform at the time, introducing a number of key reform initiatives. Despite these bold initiatives under LSGA, however, the Nepalese government structure remained highly centralized, unable to address many of the pressing governance and service delivery problems. In fact, …
Where Is Local Government Going In Latin America? A Comparative Perspective, Robert Andrew Nickson
Where Is Local Government Going In Latin America? A Comparative Perspective, Robert Andrew Nickson
Robert Andrew Nickson
In the light of the decentralisation process now under way in Latin America, this paper seeks to address the direction of local government in the region. It proposes two Weberian ideal types of local government systems – ‘managerial’ and ‘governmental’. Ten basic features of local government systems are then used as a template to ‘situate’ Latin American local government within this typology. On the basis of this comparative framework, the paper tentatively concludes that the ‘managerial’ type of local government is gaining ground in the region.