How Close Is Your Government to Its People? Worldwide Indicators on Localization and Decentralization

This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution of the last three decades on moving governments closer to people to establish fair, accountable, incorruptible and responsive governance. To accomplish this, a u...

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Main Authors:	Ivanyna, Maksym, Shah, Anwar
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ADMINISTRATIVE TIERS ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS AUTONOMOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BONDS BUDGETARY RESOURCES CAPITA INCOME CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CITIES CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITIZENS COEFFICIENTS COLONIALISM COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT COMPARATIVE DATA CONSENSUS CONSTITUTIONS CORRUPTION COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION INDEX DECENTRALIZATION INDICATORS DECENTRALIZATION THEOREM DECENTRALIZATION VARIABLES DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT DEMOCRACY DUMMY VARIABLE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORATE EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXECUTIVE BODIES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE AUTONOMY EXPENDITURE DECENTRALIZATION EXPENDITURE DISCRETION EXPENDITURE NEEDS EXPENDITURE POLICY FEDERAL COUNTRIES FEDERAL EXPENDITURE FEDERALISM FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL GAP FISCAL INDEPENDENCE FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL POLICY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY GLOBALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE GOVERNMENT DECISION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT MANDATES GOVERNMENT SECURITY GOVERNMENT SIZE INTERNATIONAL BANK JURISDICTIONAL COMPETITION LAWS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE BODIES LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL DECISION MAKING LOCAL ELECTIONS LOCAL EXPENDITURE LOCAL EXPENDITURE AUTONOMY LOCAL EXPENDITURES LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL FISCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL RESIDENTS LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY LOCAL REVENUES LOCAL SELF-GOVERNANCE LOCAL TAXATION MALFEASANCE MAYORS MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONS POLITICAL AUTONOMY POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULAR PARTICIPATION PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOVERNANCE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SERVICES REFERENDA REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT REVOLUTION SOCIAL SECURITY STATE GOVERNMENTS SUB-NATIONAL SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX TAX AUTONOMY TAX COLLECTION TAX COMPETITION TAX REVENUES TAXATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16516399/close-your-government-people-worldwide-indicators-localization-decentralization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11969