Decentralized Governance and Accountability (eBook, ePUB)

Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming
Redaktion: Rodden, Jonathan A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potential solution for slow economic growth and poor performance by insulated, unaccountable governments. For the last two decades, researchers have been trying to answer a series of vexing questions about the political economy of multi-layered governance. Much of the best recent research on decentralization has come from close collaborations between university researchers and international aid institutions. As the volume and quality of this collaborative research have increased in recent decades, the time has come to review the lessons from this literature and apply them to debates about future programming. In this volume, the contributors place this research in the broader history of engagement between aid institutions and academics, particularly in the area of decentralized governance, and outline the challenges and opportunities to link evidence and policy action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108571098
• Artikelnr.: 57077003

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Jonathan A. Rodden and Erik Wibbels; 2. The social
underpinnings of decentralized governance: networks, technology and the
future of social accountability Erik Wibbels; 3. Leadership selection rules
and decentralized governance Guy Grossman; 4. Traditional leaders, service
delivery and electoral accountability Kate Baldwin and Pia Raffler; 5.
Decentralized rule and revenue Jonathan Rodden; 6. The proliferation of
decentralized governing units Jan H. Pierskalla; 7. Decentralization and
business performance Edmund Malesky; 8. Decentralization and urban
governance in the developing world: experiences to-date and avenues for
future research Christopher Carter and Alison E. Post; 9. Decentralization
in post-conflict settings: assessing community-driven development in the
wake of violence Fotini Christia; 10. Clientelism in decentralized states
Gianmarco León and Leonard Wantchekon; 11. Decentralization and ethnic
diversity Thad Dunning; 12. From decentralization research to policy and
programs: a practical postscript Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Anna Wetterberg and
Gary A. Bland; Index.