India has attained much economic success in the past three decades. Yet an economic deceleration in recent years has generated worried commentaries about the country's growth outlook. This paper offers...
Dissatisfied with centralized approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralizing responsibility for these services to lower-level, locally elected governments...
In this issue: Special report -Client power: making services work for the poor. The Path to Education: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. Making Services Work for Poor People -guest editorial. Voice and Accountability...
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
作为世界银行旗舰系列报告的第26辑,本年度报告将建立一个定性的且可行的框架,通过引导公共事业为穷人服务,更有效率地使用内外部资源。报告将注意力集中在那些与人类发展具有最直接联系的服务——教育、医疗卫生、供水、排污和电力。这种挑战是严峻的,因为是大部分穷人获得服务不仅包括改变服务供给安排,而且包括改变公共部门的激励制度,同时还包括改变外国捐助转移的方式。为改善服务提供的质量,本报告建议进行制度变革,包括预算管理、权力下放、公共行政改革等方面。因为制度变革将强化政策制定者、服务提供者和公民之间的责任关系。解决方案不是凭空想象出来的“最佳做法”,而应该根据各个国家、城镇或乡村的现实情况来制定。
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
During the last couple of decades, the efforts of the Government, Nongovernmental organizations, and donor agencies have succeeded in creating a "water miracle" in Bangladesh. A combination of three important...
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
The World Development Report (WDR) 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education...
The notes in this report are designed to highlight the broad range of issues that need to be considered with regard to decentralization. They are intended to provide brief overviews of the many different...
The note highlights the importance of sound intergovernmental fiscal relations, and proper regulation for successful sub-national borrowing, and illustrates the potential macroeconomic hazards of decentralizing...
The note highlights the importance of sound intergovernmental fiscal relations, and proper regulation for successful sub-national borrowing, and illustrates the potential macroeconomic hazards of decentralizing...
The notes in this report are designed to highlight the broad range of issues that need to be considered with regard to decentralization. They are intended to provide brief overviews of the many different...
This paper draws on the growing experience with decentralization in developing countries, to explore how a wide range of variables can affect decentralization efforts, and, how policies, and incentives...