Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability
Kerala is regarded as one of the most decentralized states in India. Through a 'big bang' approach, Kerala implemented a significant fiscal decentralization program and then built the capacity of its local governments. We employ a diagnostic framework to analyze its local government discre...
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okr-10986-53732021-04-23T14:02:22Z Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability Venugopal, V. Yilmaz, S. Kerala is regarded as one of the most decentralized states in India. Through a 'big bang' approach, Kerala implemented a significant fiscal decentralization program and then built the capacity of its local governments. We employ a diagnostic framework to analyze its local government discretion and accountability in political, administrative and fiscal domains. We find that Kerala's local governments have a very high degree of discretionary power accompanied by a high degree of accountability towards citizens. But the areas of administrative accountability and financial management need to be strengthened. Also there may have been excessive focus and investment on social accountability mechanisms at the cost of local government discretion and formal public sector accountability mechanisms. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012-03-30T07:32:31Z 2012-03-30T07:32:31Z 2009 Journal Article Public Administration and Development 0271-2075 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5373 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India |
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Kerala is regarded as one of the most decentralized states in India. Through a 'big bang' approach, Kerala implemented a significant fiscal decentralization program and then built the capacity of its local governments. We employ a diagnostic framework to analyze its local government discretion and accountability in political, administrative and fiscal domains. We find that Kerala's local governments have a very high degree of discretionary power accompanied by a high degree of accountability towards citizens. But the areas of administrative accountability and financial management need to be strengthened. Also there may have been excessive focus and investment on social accountability mechanisms at the cost of local government discretion and formal public sector accountability mechanisms. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability |
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Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability |
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Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability |
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Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability |
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Decentralization in Kerala: Panchayat Government Discretion and Accountability |
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decentralization in kerala: panchayat government discretion and accountability |
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