decentralization

Around the world bureaucratic forms of state coordination are being displaced by new techniques of participatory governance; changes that blur the boundaries between government, markets, and civil society. These alterations to the state are routinely attributed to three global t…

This dissertation encompasses three works on nuclear power plants (NPPs). A theme common to all chapters is the question of why nuclear power has failed to achieve the success envisioned by its proponents, particularly when that success has been achieved at certain times and in …

In 2011, the Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) conferred 21 new authorities in addition to the previous 31 to their school principals. A main goal in conferring these authorities was to facilitate decentralization of Saudi school districts. To further facilitate decentralization…

In the study of ethnicity on public goods provision, the concept of ethnicity has largely been under specified, resulting in ambiguity in what specific attributes of ethnicity can prove to be deleterious to public goods provision. This dissertation focuses on how two specific as…

This study examines the social and cultural contexts, and factors of global and local sources, which influence teacher preparation and which may serve to impede or facilitate the training of public and private school English teachers at the “University of Banten,” in Serang, Ind…

Devolution of power, responsibilities, and resources from central to local governments has been the foundation of decentralization reforms in developing countries like Ethiopia. The most recent decentralization reforms in Ethiopia began in the early 2000s at the woreda (district…

This dissertation focuses on the economics of infrastructure development and public finance. The dissertation is composed of three papers: The first paper analyzes the optimal solutions for supplying electricity to national economies from both domestic as well as distant energy …

The assignment of functions to sub-national governments has been an important issue in both federal and unitary states. Indonesia, a unitary state, has recently addressed this issue in the context of its district autonomy pilot program, providing an opportune window to empirical…

La troisième phase de la décentralisation au Sénégal s'est traduite par une large dévolution de pouvoir au profit des collectivités locales. En effet, en transférant neuf domaines de compétences qui étaient jusque là gérés par l'instance centrale de gouverne à des instances loca…

Why do central governments decentralize power? And under what conditions can they reverse the decentralization of power? This dissertation examines changing patterns in intergovernmental fiscal relations (IGFR) in four countries: Brazil, South Africa, Peru, and Senegal, from 198…

My dissertation addresses the following question: How does foreign direct investment (FDI) influence the economic institution building process in transition states? I argue that the voice of investors is substantial, but can be limited without domestic agents, who simultaneously…

The interest and motivation that encouraged the pursuit of this study are the results of the political and social reform initiatives which unfolded in 1991 in Ethiopia. A monarchy (late 19th century–1974) and a military-communist government (1974–1991) had favored a single Ethio…

This study concerns school reform in Malta. Under the policy framework ‘For All Children to Succeed’ (Ministry of Education, Youth & Employment, 2005) [henceforth referred to as FACT], Maltese state schools embarked on the process of being organized into networks called ‘college…

The concept of participation seems to reflect in most development programmes that involve people at the grassroots level. In Ghana, the introduction of the decentralization programme in the late 1980s that aimed at promoting effective, comprehensive and rapid development, more e…

In the last decade, important members of the international aid community - including the UNDP, the World Bank, and USAID - have produced reports that encourage states to devolve administrative power. In response, the Uzbek government promoted its ongoing efforts to empower local…

This study has attempted to find a way forward in understanding the "people of the land" and their enigmatic relationship with King Josiah by focusing on socio-political aspects of their activities. The historical and diachronic study of the term "`an? ho'ares" in the Hebrew Bib…

This thesis examines whether and under what conditions the recent decentralization of irrigation management in Turkey can deepen democracy through a comparative study of irrigation management decentralization in two provinces in Turkey: Urfa and Aydin. In Turkey, the state agenc…

Historically, the state has established patrimonial ties with relatively homogenous local elites, and used them to make rural life accessible and identifiable for the center. While rural life was reorganized chiefly in functional and territorial terms, the patrimonial ties were …

Following extensive decentralization in developing countries, urban planning and development initiatives are now increasingly designed around community participation and multi-stakeholder partnerships. Community participation is supposed to make projects more efficient and also …

Literature on democracy frequently found that there is a strong relationship between decentralized government and democracy. Increased in political participation, government transparency, government responsiveness, and the dynamic in regional politics were found to take place as…