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New Zealand's reforms of economic policy and public sector management systems have attracted international attention. Beginning in 1984, the country adopted a... 
Government business enterprises | Government productivity | Organizational change | Executive departments | New Zealand Politics and government | Government corporations | Administrative agencies | Management

This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government... 
Local government | Finance, Public | Public administration | Local finance | Politics & government | Developing countries | LEGAL FRAMEWORK | REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT | LOCAL AUTHORITIES | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | CORRUPTION | DICTATORSHIP | LOCAL TAX | CITIZENS | FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY | MINISTRY OF FINANCE | EXECUTIVE COUNCILS | TAXATION | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM | GOVERNMENT DEBT | LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS | PUBLIC GOVERNANCE | EMPLOYMENT | USER CHARGES | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | GOOD GOVERNANCE | GOVERNMENT REVENUES | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS | PUBLIC POLICY | CONSTITUTIONS | PRIVATE SECTOR | HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | HUMAN RESOURCES | SOCIAL PROGRAMS | TAX REFORM | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION | LOCAL REVENUE | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING | MUNICIPAL | LAWS | LOCAL TAXES | URBAN ECONOMICS | PUBLIC | PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE | STATE RESOURCES | LEVIES | NATIONS | PUBLIC ECONOMICS | NATIONAL BUDGET | SUBSIDIARY | REVENUE SHARING | SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE | LOCAL DECISION MAKING | TOTAL EXPENDITURES | INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | PUBLIC SERVICE | LEGISLATION | LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | GOVERNMENT SPENDING | ACCOUNTABILITY | INCOME | DECISION MAKING | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | LEGAL ENTITIES | BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS | EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENT | PUBLIC CHOICE | SUBNATIONAL TAXES | VOTING | INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS | REVOLUTION | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE | MUNICIPAL BONDS | MUNICIPALITY | PUBLIC FUNDS | GOVERNMENT FINANCE | PUBLIC FINANCE | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS | DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS | INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS | MINISTERS | CIVIL SERVICE | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | MUNICIPAL FINANCE | LOCAL FINANCE | STATE FINANCE | SUBVENTIONS | TAX BURDEN | DISTRICTS | PUBLIC SECTOR | PUBLIC BUDGETING | ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES | DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS | STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT | CORPORATE INCOME TAXES | DEBT | INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS | PUBLIC AFFAIRS | REVENUE SOURCES | FISCAL MANAGEMENT | LICENSES | LOCAL AUTHORITY | LOCAL BODIES | LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE | FISCAL RESOURCES | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | ACCOUNTING | FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION | GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES | PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | LOCAL LEVEL | PUBLIC SERVICES | PUBLIC INVESTMENT | CONSTITUTION | POVERTY REDUCTION | SOCIAL EQUITY | GOVERNMENT REVENUE | FORMAL INSTITUTIONS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE | PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT | FISCAL FEDERALISM | LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES | GOVERNMENT BORROWING | INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE | STATE GOVERNMENTS | TAX SHARING | STATE LAWS | WAGES | TAX REVENUES | ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE | FINANCIAL SUPPORT | GRANT DESIGN | INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK | FEDERALISM | EXTERNALITIES | FINANCIAL AUTONOMY | METROPOLITAN FINANCE | METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT | POOR GOVERNANCE | SPECIAL DISTRICTS | INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS | PUBLIC SERVANTS | EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES | TREASURY | HOUSING | GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION | PENSIONS | STATE CONSTITUTIONS | GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY | REGIONAL PLANNING | FISCAL CAPACITY | MUNICIPALITIES | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM | MUNICIPAL REVENUES | PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY | EXECUTION | VOTERS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS | PUBLIC OFFICIALS | PUBLIC EXPENDITURES | RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY | SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES | BUDGET EXPENDITURES | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY | MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT | LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT | GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

Federal development in post-Franco Spain reaches far beyond familiar Basque/Catalan nationalistic struggles and includes the creation of an increasing number... 
Decentralization in government | Local government | History | Central-local government relations | Central-local government relations - Spain - History | Decentralization in government - Spain - History | Local government - Spain - History | Political Science | Spain | Electronic books | Miscellanea | Guidebooks | Curiosities and wonders | Michigan | History, Local

Sunita Parikh examines the history and fate of affirmative action programs in two ethnically heterogeneous democracies, the United States and India.... 
Race discrimination | Minorities | Affirmative action programs | History | India Politics and government | Government policy | United States Politics and government | Affirmative action programs--Government policy--India--History | Race discrimination--Government policy--United States--History | Affirmative action programs--Government policy--United States--History | Minorities--Government policy--India--History | Minorities--Government policy--United States--History | Race discrimination--Government policy--India--History | Sociology | SOCIAL SCIENCE | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Minorities - Government policy - India - History | Politics and government

Despite the destabilizing potential of governing of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People's Republic... 
Decentralization in government | Local government | Chinese autonomous regions | China | China Politics and government | Central-local government relations | Ethnic relations | Political aspects | Government policy | 2002 | History | Political Science | Chinese autonomous regions - Government policy

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assessed the effectiveness of Bank support for decentralization between fiscal 1990 and 2007 in 20 countries, seeking to... 
Evaluation | Decentralization in government | World Bank Evaluation | Developing countries | World Bank | CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS | LOCAL CAPACITY BUILDING | MEMBER COUNTRIES | COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION | DEBT RELIEF | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | HEALTH PROGRAMS | SERVICE DELIVERY | DECENTRALIZATION FRAMEWORK | EXPENDITURE | GOVERNMENT LEVELS | GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE | CITIZENS | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL | HEALTH SECTOR | INCOME DISTRIBUTION | LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES | PRESIDENTS | PUBLIC RESOURCES | ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE | REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS | RULING PARTY | GOOD GOVERNANCE | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS | FISCAL DISCIPLINE | LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT | PRINCIPAL-AGENT | HUMAN RESOURCES | AUTHORITY | AUTONOMY | LOCAL REVENUE | DECENTRALIZATION | MUNICIPAL | LAWS | ANTICORRUPTION | DONOR COLLABORATION | LOCAL AUTONOMY | CENTRAL CONTROL | DECONCENTRATION | LEADERSHIP | MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT | PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE | FINANCIAL SECTOR | FISCAL FRAMEWORKS | NATIONAL LEVEL | FISCAL COSTS | AMBITION | NATIONS | SUBSIDIARY | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION | CONSENSUS | FISCAL TRANSFERS | CIVIL SOCIETY | INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | PUBLIC SERVICE | DECISION-MAKING | EVALUATION CAPACITY | FINANCIAL AUTHORITY | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | DECISION MAKING | GOVERNMENT LEVEL | FINANCIAL RESOURCES | ABSENTEEISM | ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION | WATER SUPPLY | MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION | DEMOCRACY | GOVERNANCE INDICATORS | URBAN ECONOMIES | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | EDUCATION SERVICES | DECENTRALIZATION ACTIVITIES | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT | RESOURCE MOBILIZATION | GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES | DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS | INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY | MUNICIPAL FINANCE | NATURAL DISASTERS | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | ACCOUNTABILITY ARRANGEMENTS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS | FISCAL YEARS | SOCIAL SERVICES | PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY | DECENTRALIZATION OF SERVICE DELIVERY | LOCAL COUNCILS | PUBLIC SECTOR | GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP | DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS | DEBT | GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE | MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY | FISCAL DEFICITS | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY | BASIC SERVICE | PROGRAMS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY | DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | GOVERNMENT STRATEGY | PENSION REFORM | INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM | ACCOUNTING | GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE | POLICY DECISIONS | SOCIAL SECTORS | FISCAL AUTHORITY | FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION | BEST PRACTICE | GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES | POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY | PUBLIC SERVICES | CENTRAL AGENCIES | DEBT MANAGEMENT | STATED OBJECTIVES | OUTCOME INDICATORS | CONSTITUTION | POVERTY REDUCTION | ANNUAL COMMITMENTS | FISCAL REFORM | PUBLIC INVESTMENTS | SOCIAL FUNDS | COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT | UNCERTAINTY | LEGAL FRAMEWORKS | INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | DEVOLUTION | INSTITUTIONAL REFORM | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | ANNUAL REPORT | EVALUATION METHODOLOGY | REVENUE MOBILIZATION | SECTOR PROGRAMS | CITIES | FINANCIAL SUPPORT | PROCUREMENT | MATURITY | PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS | TRANSPORT | ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY | BASIC SERVICES | ANTI-CORRUPTION | INITIATIVE | LOCAL GOVERNMENT | COUNTRY PROGRAMS | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT | EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | ASSIGNMENT OF EXPENDITURES | PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM | INSTITUTION BUILDING | PENSION SYSTEMS | DELIVERY OF SERVICES | UNITARY SYSTEMS | DECENTRALIZATION STRATEGY | REPRESENTATIVES | HEALTH CARE | SERVICE PROVIDERS | MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT | LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

In the electronic age, documents appear to have escaped their paper confinement. But we are still surrounded by flows of paper with enormous consequences. In... 
Government paperwork | Municipal government | Capitals (Cities) | City planning | Public records | Bureaucracy | Anthropology | Islamabad | Islamabad (Pakistan) | Pakistan | Records and correspondence | Planning | Politics and government | SOCIAL SCIENCE | Cultural | Islāmābād (Pakistan) | Islāmābād

"Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially... 
Access control | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National | Transparency in government | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration | Freedom of information | Government information | United States-Politics and gover | Government accountability

The information revolution, in recent years, has worked as a catalyst to create a globalized yet localized world with local governments playing an... 
Local government | Finance, Public | Public administration | Local finance | Politics & government | OECD countries | REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT | LOCAL AUTHORITIES | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | CORRUPTION | ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES | DICTATORSHIP | LOCAL TAX | CITIZENS | FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY | MINISTRY OF FINANCE | PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE | TRANSITION ECONOMIES | GOVERNMENT DEBT | PUBLIC GOVERNANCE | USER CHARGES | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | GOOD GOVERNANCE | POLITICAL ECONOMY | BLOCK GRANTS | GOVERNMENT REVENUES | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS | FISCAL DISCIPLINE | PUBLIC POLICY | CONSTITUTIONS | PRIVATE SECTOR | HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | HUMAN RESOURCES | AUTONOMY | GOVERNMENT BUDGETS | LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION | DECENTRALIZATION | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING | MUNICIPAL | LOCAL TAXES | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS | PUBLIC | PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE | NATIONAL LEVEL | REGIONAL POLICIES | ELECTRICITY | TAX AUTHORITY | NATIONS | PUBLIC ECONOMICS | PUBLIC HEALTH | SUBSIDIARY | SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE | TAX ASSIGNMENT | LOCAL DECISION MAKING | INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | PUBLIC SERVICE | LEGISLATION | REGULATORY AGENCY | LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | GOVERNMENT SPENDING | LOCAL ADMINISTRATION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INCOME | DECISION MAKING | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | WATER SUPPLY | PUBLIC CHOICE | LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE | VOTING | INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS | REVOLUTION | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT | PUBLIC GOODS | PUBLIC FINANCE | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS | STREET MAINTENANCE | INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | LOCAL FINANCE | SOCIAL SERVICES | TAX BURDEN | DISTRICTS | LOCAL COUNCILS | PUBLIC SECTOR | LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR | ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES | DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS | DEBT | INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS | REVENUE SOURCES | SOVEREIGNTY | CORPORATE INCOME TAX | FISCAL MANAGEMENT | LICENSES | LOCAL AUTHORITY | FISCAL RESOURCES | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | TAX RATES | FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION | GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES | PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | LOCAL LEVEL | PUBLIC SERVICES | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT | POVERTY REDUCTION | SOCIAL EQUITY | FORMAL INSTITUTIONS | PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT | FEDERAL STATES | FISCAL FEDERALISM | FINANCIAL PLANNING | LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES | GOVERNMENT BORROWING | INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | PROPERTY TAX BASE | STATE GOVERNMENTS | INVESTMENT GRANTS | TAX REVENUES | ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE | FINANCIAL SUPPORT | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK | FEDERALISM | TAX POLICY | EXTERNALITIES | METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENTS | TAX REVENUE | LOCAL GOVERNMENT | MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE | POOR GOVERNANCE | SPECIAL DISTRICTS | INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS | PUBLIC SERVANTS | EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES | GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION | STATE CONSTITUTIONS | CAPITAL EXPENDITURES | REGIONAL PLANNING | PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION | FINANCIAL CAPACITIES | MUNICIPALITIES | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY | GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES | EXECUTION | VOTERS | PUBLIC OFFICIALS | PUBLIC EXPENDITURES | RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY | SEWAGE | FEDERATIONS | REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS | SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES | UTILITIES | LOWER HOUSE | ECONOMICS | LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT | FISCAL EQUALIZATION | TAX ADMINISTRATION

Under what conditions is a newly democratic government likely to increase transparency, accountability, and responsiveness to its citizens? What incentives... 
Administrative agencies--East Asia.--Management | Government accountability--Philippines | Transparency in government--East Asia | Transparency in government--Philippines | Government accountability--East Asia | Administrative agencies--Philippines--Management | 21st century | 1986 | Transparency in government | Government accountability | Philippines | East Asia | Administrative agencies | Management | History | Politics and government | Political Science | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Comparative Politics | East Asia - Politics and government - 21st century | Political Ideologies | Democracy | Asia | HISTORY