Republic of Burundi Fiscal Decentralization and Local Governance : Managing Trade-Offs to Promote Sustainable Reforms

This study is highly selective and organized into four thematic chapters. Specifically, chapter 1 provides a snapshot of Burundi’s political and macroeconomic context, and reviews the evolution of the decentralization process to better understand how institutional, political, and bureaucratic dynamics have shaped the historical trajectory of decentralization and generated the outcomes observed today. Chapter 2 provides a systematic investigation of the status of fiscal decentralization in Burundi, and identifies key policy issues to be considered to ensure the medium-term sustainability of the reform process while at the same time addressing the short-term financial needs of communes. Chapter 3 provides an in-depth diagnostic of a key service delivery responsibility recently devolved to communes—the provision of land registration services—and discusses the challenges and opportunities related to ongoing efforts to scale up access to these land services across 116 rural communes and Bujumbura. Chapter 4 shifts the focus to the nature of statecitizen relations in an effort to better understand how citizen engagement in the decision-making process may be improved and local authorities held accountable for the provision of basic services.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, ACCOUNTING, ALLOCATION, AUTHORITY, BANKS, BASIC SERVICES, BUDGET EXPENDITURES, BUDGET PREPARATION, BUDGETARY PROCESS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, CENTRAL MINISTRIES, CENTRAL SPENDING, CENTRAL TRANSFERS, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CITIZENS, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COALITIONS, COMMUNAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNAL TAX, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, CONSENSUS, CONSOLIDATION, CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COST OF LIVING, COUNCILS, CURRENT EXPENDITURES, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION FRAMEWORK, DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS, DECENTRALIZATION PROGRAM, DECENTRALIZATION REFORM, DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS, DECENTRALIZATION STRATEGY, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, DECONCENTRATION, DECREE, DEMOCRACY, DEVOLUTION, DISTRICT, DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES, EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE DELIVERY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EQUALIZATION, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXECUTION, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, FINANCIAL AUTONOMY, FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL EXPENDITURES, FISCAL FRAMEWORK, FISCAL REVENUE, FISCAL SPACE, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL TRANSFERS, FIXED COSTS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES, GOVERNMENT EFFORTS, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT REVENUE, GOVERNMENT REVENUES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GOVERNOR, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CLINICS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, INFLATION, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER, INTERMINISTERIAL COORDINATION, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, LAWS, LEASEHOLDS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DECENTRALIZATION, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, LIBERATION, LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL REVENUE, LOCAL TAX, LOCAL TAXES, MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT, MANDATES, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, MUNICIPAL LEVEL, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATIONAL ELECTIONS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL PLANNING, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL PRIORITY, NATIONAL TERRITORY, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPERATING COSTS, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, POLICY DOCUMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY OBJECTIVES, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, POLITICAL CONTROL, POLITICAL CRISIS, POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL REFORMS, POLITICAL SURVIVAL, POLITICIANS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRESIDENCY, PROPERTY TAXES, PROVINCE, PROVINCES, PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS, PROVINCIAL LEVEL, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC REVENUE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR SPECIALIST, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, REFERENDUM, REFORM AGENDA, REFORM PROCESS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REHABILITATION, REPRESENTATIVES, REVENUE AUTHORITY, REVENUE COLLECTION, REVENUE SHARING, SECTORAL MINISTRIES, SENATE, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL SERVICES, STATE RESOURCES, SUBNATIONAL, SUBNATIONAL AUTHORITIES, SUBNATIONAL FINANCE, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBSIDIARY, TAX ADMINISTRATION, TAX BASE, TAX CODE, TAX COLLECTION, TAX COLLECTOR, TAX COMPLIANCE, TAX EXEMPTIONS, TAX POLICY, TAX REVENUE, TAX REVENUES, TAX SYSTEM, TAXABLE CAPACITY, TAXPAYERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSPARENCY, UNCERTAINTY, VILLAGES, VOTING, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/24087801/burundi-fishcal-decentralization-local-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21714
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