| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 89 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Glossary; Executive Summary; Figure ES. 1 Evaluation Framework for Assessing Results of Bank Support for Decentralization; Management Response; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); 1 Background and Objectives; Box 1.1 What Is Decentralization?; Box 1.2 Identifying World Bank Support for Decentralization Poses Challenges; Box 1.3 Bank Strategies Reflect Multiple Perspectives on Decentralization; Figure 1.1 Evaluation Framework for Assessing Results of Bank Support for Decentralization |
| Summary |
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assessed the effectiveness of Bank support for decentralization between fiscal 1990 and 2007 in 20 countries, seeking to inform the design and implementation of future support. Given the difficulties of measuring the results of decentralization, the evaluation used intermediate outcome indicators--such as strengthened legal and regulatory frameworks for intergovernmental relations, improved administrative capacity, and increased accountability of sub national governments and functionaries to higher levels of government and to citizens--to assess the results |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-89) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World Bank -- Evaluation
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| SUBJECT |
World Bank fast |
| Subject |
Decentralization in government -- Developing countries -- Evaluation
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Evaluation
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Decentralization in government -- Evaluation
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gopal, Gita, 1954-
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World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group.
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| ISBN |
9780821376362 |
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0821376365 |
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1281787485 |
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9781281787484 |
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9786611787486 |
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6611787488 |
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