Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Bruno Carrasco, Hanif A. Rahemtulla and Rainer Rohdewohld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rahemtulla, Hanif A., editor.

Carrasco, Bruno, editor.

Rohdewohld, Rainer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Taylor & Francis, 2023.

Summary:

This book explores the nexus between fiscal, political, and legal arrangements for subnational governments as they design national trajectories for social and economic development in the Asia and Pacific region. It will be of interest to policy-makers, practitioners and academics in public policy, decentralization, and sustainable development.

Contents:

0. Introduction - Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Multi-Level Governance in the "Decade of Action"

1. Political and Administrative Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific

2. Fiscal Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific

3. Subnational Planning and Budgeting in Asia and the Pacific

4. Sector Decentralization and Functional Assignment in Asia and the Pacific

5. Measuring Performance and Promoting Accountability in the Context of Decentralization and Local Governance Reforms

6. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific

7. Conceptualizing and Implementing Decentralization in Asia and the Pacific - Reform Designs, National Strategies, and Development Partner Support

8. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Cambodia

9. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia

10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Mongolia

11. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal

12. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Pakistan

13. Conclusions.

Notes:

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