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The Impact of Senegal's Decentralization on Women in Local Governance
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, 2002ResumeCet article s’interesse a un vide dans la litterature sur la decentralization africaine en examinant l’impact de la decentralisation sur la participation des femmes dans les collectivites locales. L’article enquete sur la representation numerique des femmes dans les institutions decentralisees et sur les facteurs qui contribuent a cette ...
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Local Government and Strategies for Decentralization in the "State of the Autonomies"
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 1997The convergent forces of democratization, decentralization, the welfare state, and international integration have made Spanish local governments similar to their equivalents in other parts of Europe. Nevertheless, local governments are the most poorly defined part of the post-Franco puzzle of reform.
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Functional Decentralization in Portuguese Local Governments
Public Administration Quarterly, 2016As a result of the dramatic growth in functional decentralization processes in Portuguese municipalities, this study examines public services delivery in the 308 Portuguese local governments existing in 2011. By using Biplot analyses, the aim of this study is to analyse the Portuguese functional decentralization processes by population ranges and ...
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Decentralization, local governance and ‘recentralization’ in Africa
Public Administration and Development, 2001AbstractAlthough Many African states have pursued substantial decentralization reforms in the previous twenty years, many of these reforms are still experiencing problems in bringing about effective local governance. Often these problems grow from the difficulty in translating general reform initiatives into specific working arrangements at the local ...
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Local Governance and Decentralization in Thailand
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Local government. Progress in decentralization
2021This chapter starts with a discussion of territorial organisation, and in particular of territorial reforms at both the local and regional level, which have been a common feature for most countries of the region. The picture of territorial organisation in the countries of the studied region is highly diversified.
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Decentralization as a Local Governance Innovation in Thailand
2011This chapter focuses on local governance innovation in Thailand. During the past 15 years, decentralization has been implemented in Thailand. Local government in Thailand is increasingly important in providing public services, not only in civil engineering but in social policies as well.
Nagai Fumio, Kagoya Kazuhiro
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Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries
2006Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic ...
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