Decentralizing Infrastructure Services : Lessons from the East Asia Experience
Decentralization is the transfer of
responsibilities from the central government to subnational
agencies empowered to act as increasingly autonomous
entities within their geographical and functional domains.
In theory, decentralizing infrastructure services can
deliver efficiency gains when service benefits accrue mainly
to the local population-such as in water and sanitation,
urban transit, and waste management. Subnational agencies
are indeed better placed than the central government to
tailor infrastructure services to the needs of local
constituencies (allocative efficiency) and deliver them at
lower costs (productive efficiency). In practice, the
economic benefits of decentralized infrastructure services
are by no means a given, as they are contingent upon
effective coordination among tiers of governments (regional
coordination) and accountability mechanisms for results achieved.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Elisa Muzzini |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2007-02
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| Subjects: | AGGREGATION PROCESS,
ALLOCATION OF WATER,
ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS,
BENCHMARKING,
CAPITAL PROJECTS,
CITIES,
DRIVING,
ECONOMIC BENEFITS,
ECONOMIES OF SCALE,
EFFICIENCY SAVINGS,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT,
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION,
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR,
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS,
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES,
INLAND WATERWAYS,
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
MUNICIPALITIES,
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS,
PERFORMANCE TARGETS,
POWER,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION,
PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY,
RAILWAY,
RAILWAY PROJECTS,
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
ROAD,
ROAD NETWORKS,
ROADS,
SANITATION,
SANITATION SERVICES,
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS,
TRANSPORT,
TRANSPORT REGULATION,
TRUCKS,
URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
URBAN TRANSIT,
UTILITIES,
VEHICLES,
WASTE,
WATER SECTOR,
WATER SUPPLY, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7406897/decentralizing-infrastructure-services-lessons-east-asia-experience
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9579
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