New development: The crisis and European local government reforms

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Meneguzzo ◽  
Alessandro Sancino ◽  
Marcel Guenon ◽  
Gloria Fiorani
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
New Development ◽  
Government Reforms

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Borrowing in Turkish Provinces

2016 ◽  
pp. 505-519
Author(s):  
Mehmet Serkan Tosun ◽  
Dilek Uz ◽  
Serdar Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Spatial Econometrics ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Government Structure ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Reforms

There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines the link between fiscal decentralization and local borrowing within Turkish provinces. It first discusses local government reforms throughout the history of the Turkish Republic with the focus on recent reform efforts and current local government structure. It then provides an empirical analysis of the effects of decentralization in Turkish provinces using cross-sectional and panel data approaches, and spatial econometrics. The dataset consists of 67 provinces from 1980 to 2000, and separately cross-sectional data on all 81 provinces for the year 2000. Using decentralization measures such as number of local governments per capita and ratio of own-source municipal revenue to total provincial tax revenue, and specific characteristics of the municipalities the analysis examines whether variations in local decentralization across these provinces and across time have had a significant impact municipal borrowing in those provinces.

New development: The role of accounting in assessing local government sustainability

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar ◽  
Andrés Navarro Galera ◽  
Laura Alcaide Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
New Development

scholarly journals The Kallikrates vs the Kapodistrias Reforms in Greece: A Story of Moderate Success

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Kalimeri
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Recent Reform ◽  
Government Reforms ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

Abstract This article aims to analyse and evaluate the implementation of Greek local government reforms based on the surrounding economic and political situation. The main two reforms in question, the Kapodistrias and the Kallikrates programmes, both tried to modernise the state under the influence of Greece’s European Union membership. Though revolutionary for its era, the Kapodistrias programme soon reached its limits. The newer Kallikrates reform, adopted under pressure from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund due to the economic crisis, has sought to reduce public spending and create a leaner state. Nevertheless, largely because of its external origins, even this more recent reform has failed to improve the deteriorating Greek local government sector.

Local Government Reforms in Federal Brazil, India and South Africa: A Comparative Overview

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-470
Author(s):  
Helder Do Vale
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Government Reforms

This article examines the changes at the local level of government that have been taking place in Brazil, India and South Africa for the past thirty years as a result of complex federal decision-making processes. I summarize the most important federal traits of these countries and identify the role of key institutions behind the fiscal, political and administrative changes in local governments. The article draws on the institutional processes to dissect the anatomy of local government reforms in these countries and concludes that although the changes in local government structures and powers have been taken against the background of transition to democracy and/or democratic deepening, the scope of change in local government varied.

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