Service Delivery and Decentralization in Sri Lanka : Assessment and Options

This report assesses Sri Lanka's experience with decentralization to date and discusses options for decentralization and implications for service delivery in three sectors: roads, solid waste and health. The selected sectors illustrate the considerations relevant to the decentralization decision and its future direction. The services selected cover a range of central, provincial and local responsibilities in delivery and illustrate how the cause of success or failure of service delivery is rooted in the institutional framework, division of responsibility, funding mechanisms i.e. incentives and accountability. The effective provision of these services requires a clear understanding of the service delivery goals, technical capacity, adequate assets and recurrent inputs to deliver services. Each sector has its particular needs and to some extent can be considered independently, but the political realities effectively require that any constitutionally mandated and elected level of government have some corresponding responsibilities.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2006-05-15
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIR, AIR TRAFFIC, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, BASIC EDUCATION, BLOCK GRANTS, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, BUDGET CONSTRAINT, BUDGET CYCLE, BUDGET PROCESS, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECT, CAPITAL PROJECTS, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, CENTRAL AGENCIES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CENTRAL MINISTRIES, CENTRAL MINISTRY, CENTRAL SPENDING, CITIES, CITY TRANSPORTATION, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, CONGESTION, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DEFICITS, DISTRICT, DISTRICTS, DRAINAGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE DELIVERY, EFFICIENT ALLOCATION, ELECTRICITY, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, EQUALIZATION, EXCISE DUTIES, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENT, EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH, EXPRESSWAYS, EXTERNALITIES, FATALITY, FATALITY RATE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL FRAMEWORK, FISCAL SPACE, FISCAL TRANSFER, FISCAL TRANSFERS, FUEL, GASOLINE, GASOLINE TAX, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, HEALTH SPENDING, HIGHWAY, HORIZONTAL EQUITY, HOUSING, INEFFICIENT PROVISION, INEFFICIENT URBAN LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, INSPECTION, INTEREST COSTS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS, LAND USE, LANES, LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, LICENSES, LOCAL AUTONOMY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL REVENUE, LOCAL ROADS, LOCAL TAXES, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MAYORS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, MOTOR VEHICLE, MUNICIPALITIES, MUNICIPALITY, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, NATIONAL TAXES, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NET REVENUE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY INSTRUMENT, POLICY MAKERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROPERTY TAX REFORM, PROPERTY TAXES, PROVINCE, PROVINCES, PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, PROVINCIAL COUNCILS, PROVINCIAL EXPENDITURES, PROVINCIAL FINANCES, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, PROVINCIAL LEVEL, PROVINCIAL REVENUE, PROVINCIAL ROADS, PROVINCIAL SALES, PROVINCIAL TAX, PROVINCIAL TAX REVENUES, PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, REDISTRIBUTION, REVENUE ASSIGNMENT, REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS, REVENUE COLLECTION, REVENUE GAP, REVENUE INCREASE, REVENUE MOBILIZATION, REVENUE PER CAPITA, REVENUE SHARING, REVENUE SOURCE, REVENUE SOURCES, REVENUE STREAMS, REVENUE STRUCTURE, REVENUE TRANSFERS, ROAD, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD LINKS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD USER, SANITATION, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, STREET LIGHTING, STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT, SUB-NATIONAL, SUB-NATIONAL AUTHORITIES, SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBNATIONAL, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE, SUBWAY, SUBWAY STATIONS, TAX, TAX ADMINISTRATION, TAX ASSESSMENTS, TAX BASE, TAX BASES, TAX CAPACITY, TAX EVASION, TAX RATES, TAX REFORM, TAX REVENUE, TAX REVENUES, TAXATION, TAXPAYERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOLL, TOLL ROADS, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES, TOTAL PROVINCIAL REVENUES, TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, TOWN, TOWNS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC DEMAND, TRANSIT, TRANSIT STATIONS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TREASURY, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN SERVICES, URBANIZATION, USER CHARGES, VEHICLE, VEHICLE FLEETS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/16430371/sri-lanka-service-delivery-decentralization-assessment-options https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19428
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