Linking Regions and Central Governments Contracts for Regional Development
A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique ana...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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OECD Publishing
2007
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| Series: | OECD Multi-level Governance Studies
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique analytic framework for assessing multi-level governance arrangements, which is subsequently applied to five case studies of regional development policy: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The book reveals the importance of contractual arrangements for customised management of interdependencies, for clarifying responsibilities among actors, for dialogue, and for learning |
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| Physical Description: | 200 p. 16 x 23cm |
| ISBN: | 9789264008755 |