Decentralization and local governance in developing countries [electronic resource] : a comparative perspective / edited by Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee.

Over 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 t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via MIT Press)
Other Authors:	Bardhan, Pranab K., Mookherjee, Dilip
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Subjects:	Decentralization in government > Developing countries. Local government > Developing countries. Developing countries > Politics and government. Comparative government. Decentralization in government. Local government. Politics and government. Developing countries.