Decentralization and local governance in developing coutries :  a comparative perpective 

 - Cambridge :  MIT,  2006 
 - 363 p. 
<br/><br/> 1. The rise of local governments: an overview - Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee  2. Inequality and innovation: decentralization as an opportunity structure in Brazil - Gianpaolo Baiocchi  3. Decentralization, democratic transition, and local governance in Indonesia - Bert Hofman and Kai Kaiser  4. Decentralizing Bolivia: local government in the jungle - Jean-Paul Faguet  5. What difference does a constitutional amendment make? the 1994 panchayati raj act and the attempt to revitalize rural local government in India - Shubham Chaudhuri  6. Decentralization in West Bengal: origins, functioning, and impact - Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee  7. Decentralization in Uganda - Omar Azfar, Jeffrey Livingston and Patrick Meagher  8. Local government reform in Pakistan: context, content and causes - Ali Cheema, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Adnan Qadir  9. Decentralization in Pakistan: are local governments likely to be more accountable than central government? - Philip E. Keefer, Ambar Narayan and Tara Vishwanath  10. Decentralization and local governance in China's economic transition - Justin Yifu Lin, Ran Tao and Mingxing Liu  11. Decentralization in South Africa - Martin Wittenberg 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262524544 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Descentralização Política<br/>Administração Municipal<br/>Governança<br/> Reforma Política
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brasil<br/>Indonésia<br/>Bolívia<br/>India<br/>Uganda<br/>Paquistão<br/>China<br/>Africa do Sul