Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience

Decentralization is the transfer of responsibilities from the central government to subnational agencies empowered to act as increasingly autonomous entities within their geographical and functional domains. In theory, decentralizing infrastructure...

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Main Author:	Elisa Muzzini
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATION PROCESS ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS BENCHMARKING CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIES DRIVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INLAND WATERWAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY RAILWAY RAILWAY PROJECTS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT REGULATION TRUCKS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSIT UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7406897/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9579

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spelling	okr-10986-95792021-04-23T14:02:46Z Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience Elisa Muzzini AGGREGATION PROCESS ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS BENCHMARKING CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIES DRIVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INLAND WATERWAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY RAILWAY RAILWAY PROJECTS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT REGULATION TRUCKS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSIT UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY Decentralization is the transfer of responsibilities from the central government to subnational agencies empowered to act as increasingly autonomous entities within their geographical and functional domains. In theory, decentralizing infrastructure services can deliver efficiency gains when service benefits accrue mainly to the local population-such as in water and sanitation, urban transit, and waste management. Subnational agencies are indeed better placed than the central government to tailor infrastructure services to the needs of local constituencies (allocative efficiency) and deliver them at lower costs (productive efficiency). In practice, the economic benefits of decentralized infrastructure services are by no means a given, as they are contingent upon effective coordination among tiers of governments (regional coordination) and accountability mechanisms for results achieved. 2012-08-13T09:00:43Z 2012-08-13T09:00:43Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7406897/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9579 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 271 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	AGGREGATION PROCESS ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS BENCHMARKING CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIES DRIVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INLAND WATERWAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY RAILWAY RAILWAY PROJECTS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT REGULATION TRUCKS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSIT UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	AGGREGATION PROCESS ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS BENCHMARKING CAPITAL PROJECTS CITIES DRIVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY SAVINGS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INLAND WATERWAYS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TARGETS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY RAILWAY RAILWAY PROJECTS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT REGULATION TRUCKS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSIT UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY Elisa Muzzini Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
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relation	Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 271
description	Decentralization is the transfer of responsibilities from the central government to subnational agencies empowered to act as increasingly autonomous entities within their geographical and functional domains. In theory, decentralizing infrastructure services can deliver efficiency gains when service benefits accrue mainly to the local population-such as in water and sanitation, urban transit, and waste management. Subnational agencies are indeed better placed than the central government to tailor infrastructure services to the needs of local constituencies (allocative efficiency) and deliver them at lower costs (productive efficiency). In practice, the economic benefits of decentralized infrastructure services are by no means a given, as they are contingent upon effective coordination among tiers of governments (regional coordination) and accountability mechanisms for results achieved.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Elisa Muzzini
author_facet	Elisa Muzzini
author_sort	Elisa Muzzini
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/2007/02/7406897/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9579
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