05054nam 22005652 4500 f8247f73-0f29-4090-9cfb-92d7d600d9d8 m o d cr n 260407t20232023 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890848 (Paperback) 9781909890855 (PDF) 9781909890862 (Epub) 9781909890879 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.dlg doi UkCbTOM eng local Public administration JPRB bicssc JPP bicssc JKS bicssc POL017000 bisacsh POL028000 bisacsh POL048000 bisacsh JPRB thema JPP thema JKS thema Decentralised Governance : Crafting effective democracies around the world / edited by Jean-Paul Faguet, Sarmistha Pal. London : LSE Press, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource (390 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world2. Understanding decentralisation: theory, evidence, and practice3. Decentralised targeting of transfer programmes: a reassessment4. Realising the promise of partial decentralisation5. Devolution under autocracy: evidence from Pakistan6. Social fragmentation, public goods, and local elections: evidence from China7. How does fiscal decentralisation affect local polities? Evidence from local communities in Indonesia8. Can parliamentary sanctions strengthen local political accountability? Evidence from Kenya9. Centralised versus decentralised monitoring in developing countries: a survey of recent research10. Subnational governance in Ghana: a comparative assessment of data and performance11. Birth registration, child rights, and local governance in Bangladesh12. Administrative decentralisation and its impacts on educational expenditure and student outcomes: evidence from Colombia Open Access Unrestricted online access star For developing countries, decentralising power from central government to local authorities holds the promise of deepening democracy, empowering citizens, improving public services and boosting economic growth. But the evidence on when and how decentralisation can bring these benefits has been mixed. Under the wrong conditions, decentralised power can be captured by unrepresentative elites or undermined by corruption and the clientelistic distribution of public resources. The picture is complex, and we still do not understand enough about what factors can contribute to creating better local government, and to what effect. Decentralised Governance brings together a new generation of political economy studies that explore these questions analytically, blending theoretical insights with empirical innovation. Individual chapters provide fresh evidence from around the world, including broad cross-country data as well as detailed studies of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Ghana, Kenya and Colombia. They investigate the pros and cons of decentralisation in both democratic and autocratic regimes, and the effects of critical factors such as advances in technology, citizen-based data systems, political entrepreneurship in ethnically diverse societies, and reforms aimed at improving transparency and monitoring.This wide-ranging volume examines the conditions under which devolving power can intensify democratic competition, boost transparency, and improve local governance, providing examples of good and bad practice in both. It is essential reading for researchers investigating decentralised governance, development and democratisation, and for policymakers and practitioners drawing lessons for future reforms. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Decentralisation Government Local Government Democracy Global South Faguet, Jean-Paul, editor. The London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000271880098 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7188-0098 Pal, Sarmistha, editor. University of Surrey. (orcid)0000000222254429 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2225-4429 LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.dlg_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License