Decentralization and Development of Sri Lanka Within a Unitary State

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cooray, N.S (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Abeyratne, Sirimal (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Public policy.; Asia > Politics and government.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Public Policy.; Asian Politics.

This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka. For a quarter century, Sri Lanka was battered by its prolonged civil war, which ended in 2009, but...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part one
• Chapter 2: Local Government System in Sri Lanka: A Historical Overview
• Chapter 3: Developmental Role and Financing of Sub-National Units of Government: The Case of Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka
•   Chapter 4: Intergovernmental Fiscal Framework for Local Government and Centre-Local Revenue and Expenditure Sharing: A Comparative Analysis
• Chapter 5: Towards an Appropriate Public Local Government Unit for Sri Lanka
• Part two
• Chapter 6: Agriculture and Rural Development under Central Government and Provincial Council Setup in Sri Lanka
•  Chapter 7: Sustainable Resource Mobilization for Community Development in Sri Lanka: LEAD Participatory Poverty Reduction Experience
•  Chapter 8: Public Investment in Education: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities
• Chapter 8: Public Investment in Education: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities
• Chapter 10: Post Conflict Foreign Policy Challenges for Sri Lanka
• Part three
• Chapter 11: Role of Local Institutions in the Development of Industrial Clusters
• Chapter 12: Decentralization of Natural Resources Management in ASEAN
• Chapter 13: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Vietnam
•  Chapter 14: Education Expenditure and Economic Growth under Decentralization: An Empirical Study of Sri Lanka and Canada
•  Chapter 15: Japanese Local Tax System and Decentralization.