Contracting out by local governments in transitioning nations : the role of technical assistence in Ukraine
By: BROWN, Trevor L
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, January 2001Administration & Society 32, 6, p. 728-755Abstract: This article examines the factors that promote and inhibit contracting out by local governments in trasitioning nations. Specifically, this article analyzes the effect of a variety of factors on the decision by Ukrainian local governments to contract out public services. The article uses Logit techniques to analyze the reslut of a 72-city survey undetaken i Ukraine in 1997 and 1998. Analysis of the data indicates that the presence of a technical assitance program in particular increases the likelihood that the local government will engage in contracting out. The findings also demonstrate the importance of factors identified by contracting out models of local governments in advanced idustrialized contexts
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This article examines the factors that promote and inhibit contracting out by local governments in trasitioning nations. Specifically, this article analyzes the effect of a variety of factors on the decision by Ukrainian local governments to contract out public services. The article uses Logit techniques to analyze the reslut of a 72-city survey undetaken i Ukraine in 1997 and 1998. Analysis of the data indicates that the presence of a technical assitance program in particular increases the likelihood that the local government will engage in contracting out. The findings also demonstrate the importance of factors identified by contracting out models of local governments in advanced idustrialized contexts
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