| Description |
xi, 282 pages ; 25 cm |
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New horizons in public policy |
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New horizons in public policy.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: economic decentralization, issues of theory and policy / Maureen Mackintosh and Rathin Roy -- Pt. I. Decentralization: Public Management Issues. 2. Economic theories of decentralization: towards an alternative political economy approach / Rathin Roy. 3. Public-private partnerships: implications for public expenditure management / A. Premchand. 4. The multilateral institutions and budget accountability in Jamaica / Jane Harrigan. 5. Public expenditure reform without policy change: infrastructure investment and health care provision under fiscal squeeze in Kerala / D. Narayana. 6. Aid, financial decentralization and accumulation under economic reforms: theoretical reflections on the Tanzanian experience / Marc Wuyts -- Pt. II. Policy and Regulation in Privatizing Systems. 7. Informal regulation: a conceptual framework and application to decentralized mixed health care systems / Maureen Mackintosh |
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8. Charging for health care in Tanzania: official pricing in a liberalized environment / Paula Tibandebage. 9. The water industry in England and Wales: the problems of public interest regulation / Richard Schofield and Jean Shaoul. 10. Management control, ownership and development: illustrations from a privatized Bangladeshi enterprise / Shahzad Uddin and Trevor Hopper |
| Summary |
"This book sheds new light on the political economy of public management reform. It examines the new forms of economic decentralization and macroeconomic adjustment, and discusses their implications for policy design and regulation."--BOOK JACKET. "This book will be welcomed by academics and researchers working in the fields of development studies, development economics, political economy and international public management as well as by policymakers working for government agencies and NGOs in developing countries."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decentralization in government.
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Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.
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Decentralization in government -- Economic aspects.
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Public administration.
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Economic policy.
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| Author |
Mackintosh, Maureen.
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Roy, Rathin, 1966-
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| LC no. |
99021718 |
| ISBN |
1858989957 : |
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