Ethiopia : Regionalization Study
The study outlines the development strategy Ethiopia will need to pursue to achieve a balanced regional progress, and indicates some policy areas for attention, as the strategy develops. It examines the recent constitutional structure, government s...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/693412/ethiopia-regionalization-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14978 |
| Summary: | The study outlines the development
strategy Ethiopia will need to pursue to achieve a balanced
regional progress, and indicates some policy areas for
attention, as the strategy develops. It examines the recent
constitutional structure, government spending, and fiscal
imbalances, including the capacity constraints the country
faces, and governance issues. In addition, the role of
municipalities under decentralized development is reviewed,
suggesting policy reforms to develop higher levels of
regional administration, to revise managerial procedures,
and municipal tariffs, as well as to enhance municipal
accountability in the standardization of the electoral
process, to open citizen participation in municipal
decision-making. The first part of the report focuses on
federal-fiscal relationships, and related regional planning,
and budgeting processes, and, argues that given the very
substantial redistribution of funds taking place from the
federal, to the regional level, the priority for policy
design would be to look at the regional transfer system, to
give incentives for regions to raise resources, thus
contribute to development, and, consider stronger economic
incentives in support of national programs. The second part
covers municipal development, and gender issues, suggesting
strategies to strengthen women's influence, and promote
their issues at the regional, and community level. |
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