Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience

This document specifies, most east asian countries have increasingly shifted responsibilities for infrastructure services to subnational tiers of governments. Infrastructure service provision involves a broad set of functions, including setting inv...

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Main Author: Muzzini, Elisa
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7034711/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience
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spelling okr-10986-111832021-04-23T14:02:54Z Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience Muzzini, Elisa ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATION PROCESS ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIES DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DRIVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INLAND WATERWAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECTOR RAILWAY RAILWAY PROJECTS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVENUE SOURCES ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT REGULATION TRUCKS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSIT UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER SUPPLY This document specifies, most east asian countries have increasingly shifted responsibilities for infrastructure services to subnational tiers of governments. Infrastructure service provision involves a broad set of functions, including setting investment priorities, building and operating infrastructure facilities, and financing capital and operation and maintenance requirements. The extent to which each of these functions is transferred to subnational agencies defines a country's decentralization approach for infrastructure services. Subnational governments also have significant leeway in deciding how to mobilize funds for infrastructure projects. The infrastructure projects focused in three countries China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In China, the central government plays a prominent role in setting investment priorities across infrastructure sectors. Indonesia and the Philippines have adopted a big bang approach to infrastructure decentralization. The report concludes, despite the heterogeneous environments in which decentralization has been implemented in the three countries, important lessons can be learned by comparing how each has fared in promoting regional coordination and building accountability for infrastructure services in a decentralized environment. 2012-08-13T14:22:51Z 2012-08-13T14:22:51Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7034711/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11183 English PREM Notes; No. 109 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AGGREGATION PROCESS
ALLOCATION OF WATER
ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS
CAPITAL PROJECTS
CITIES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
DRIVING
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INLAND WATERWAYS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MUNICIPAL
MUNICIPALITIES
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE TARGETS
POWER
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAILWAY
RAILWAY PROJECTS
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
REVENUE SOURCES
ROAD
ROAD NETWORKS
ROADS
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT REGULATION
TRUCKS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN TRANSIT
UTILITIES
VEHICLES
WASTE
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AGGREGATION PROCESS
ALLOCATION OF WATER
ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS
CAPITAL PROJECTS
CITIES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
DRIVING
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INLAND WATERWAYS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MUNICIPAL
MUNICIPALITIES
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE TARGETS
POWER
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC SECTOR
RAILWAY
RAILWAY PROJECTS
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
REVENUE SOURCES
ROAD
ROAD NETWORKS
ROADS
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT REGULATION
TRUCKS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN TRANSIT
UTILITIES
VEHICLES
WASTE
WATER SUPPLY
Muzzini, Elisa
Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
relation PREM Notes; No. 109
description This document specifies, most east asian countries have increasingly shifted responsibilities for infrastructure services to subnational tiers of governments. Infrastructure service provision involves a broad set of functions, including setting investment priorities, building and operating infrastructure facilities, and financing capital and operation and maintenance requirements. The extent to which each of these functions is transferred to subnational agencies defines a country's decentralization approach for infrastructure services. Subnational governments also have significant leeway in deciding how to mobilize funds for infrastructure projects. The infrastructure projects focused in three countries China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In China, the central government plays a prominent role in setting investment priorities across infrastructure sectors. Indonesia and the Philippines have adopted a big bang approach to infrastructure decentralization. The report concludes, despite the heterogeneous environments in which decentralization has been implemented in the three countries, important lessons can be learned by comparing how each has fared in promoting regional coordination and building accountability for infrastructure services in a decentralized environment.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Muzzini, Elisa
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author_sort Muzzini, Elisa
title Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
title_short Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
title_full Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
title_fullStr Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
title_full_unstemmed Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
title_sort decentralizing infrastructure services : lessons from the east asia experience
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7034711/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11183
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