Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization

Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization

Bad governance undermines development. Two important types of World Bank support for local governance are social funds and broadly based support for governments committed to decentralizing responsibility and power to local governments and other loc...

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Main Author: Parker, Andrew
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GOVERNANCE
SOCIAL FUNDS
DECENTRALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY
BASIC SERVICES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
CORRUPTION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS
DECISIONMAKING
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL TAXES
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONS
PA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SUBVERSION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089549/promoting-good-governance-social-funds-decentralization
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9817
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spelling okr-10986-98172021-04-23T14:02:47Z Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization Parker, Andrew GOVERNANCE SOCIAL FUNDS DECENTRALIZATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY BASIC SERVICES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PROJECTS CORRUPTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS DECISIONMAKING ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GOOD GOVERNANCE LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MUNICIPAL FINANCE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONS PA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PROCUREMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTATIVES SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBVERSION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY Bad governance undermines development. Two important types of World Bank support for local governance are social funds and broadly based support for governments committed to decentralizing responsibility and power to local governments and other local institutions. But there are concerns that these two approaches, which address different elements of governance, sometimes work at cross-purposes. A study was therefore commissioned to examine the interaction between social funds and decentralization in Bolivia and Honduras (advanced decentralization), Peru and Zimbabwe (some decentralization), and Cambodia, Malawi, and Zambia (little or no decentralization). This Note is based on the findings of the study. 2012-08-13T09:36:56Z 2012-08-13T09:36:56Z 2001-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089549/promoting-good-governance-social-funds-decentralization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9817 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 181 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Africa East Asia and Pacific Malawi Zimbabwe Honduras Peru Bolivia Zambia Cambodia
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language English
topic GOVERNANCE
SOCIAL FUNDS
DECENTRALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY
BASIC SERVICES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
CORRUPTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS
DECISIONMAKING
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL TAXES
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONS
PA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SUBVERSION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle GOVERNANCE
SOCIAL FUNDS
DECENTRALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTABILITY
BASIC SERVICES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
CORRUPTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS
DECISIONMAKING
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
LOCAL CAPACITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL TAXES
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONS
PA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENTATIVES
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SUBVERSION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
Parker, Andrew
Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Africa
East Asia and Pacific
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Honduras
Peru
Bolivia
Zambia
Cambodia
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 181
description Bad governance undermines development. Two important types of World Bank support for local governance are social funds and broadly based support for governments committed to decentralizing responsibility and power to local governments and other local institutions. But there are concerns that these two approaches, which address different elements of governance, sometimes work at cross-purposes. A study was therefore commissioned to examine the interaction between social funds and decentralization in Bolivia and Honduras (advanced decentralization), Peru and Zimbabwe (some decentralization), and Cambodia, Malawi, and Zambia (little or no decentralization). This Note is based on the findings of the study.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Parker, Andrew
author_facet Parker, Andrew
author_sort Parker, Andrew
title Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
title_short Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
title_full Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
title_fullStr Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Good Governance with Social Funds and Decentralization
title_sort promoting good governance with social funds and decentralization
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1089549/promoting-good-governance-social-funds-decentralization
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9817
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