scholarly journals The decentralisation of death? Local budgets and organised crime violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Helge Arends
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Local Revenue ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Local Capture

Abstract Fiscal decentralisation theory calls for enhanced local revenue and spending responsibilities to promote the efficiency of public service delivery. However, some have pointed to the danger of local capture cancelling out these effects. I examine the argument that organised crime violence (OCV) intensifies as mafias fight for access to local government resources, which they consider an attractive income source. I regress violence on local spending (LS) in Mexican municipalities over the period 1995–2015. I find a significant relationship between LS and the intensity of violence: higher levels of LS per capita are strongly related to higher homicide rates, conditional on them being positive. However, LS does not determine the probability of OCV taking place in the first place. The results suggest that caution should be exercised when initiating decentralisation reforms in the context of local capture and OCV.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PAJAK DAERAH DAN RETRIBUSI DAERAH DALAM STRUKTUR PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH KOTA MANADO

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Kurniawan A. Suratinoyo ◽  
Harijanto Sabijono ◽  
Stanly Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Regional Income ◽  
Local Revenue ◽  
Local Taxes ◽  
Revenue Structure ◽  
Descriptive Method

Local Revenue constitutes acceptance of levy local taxes, retribution, separated management of regional assets and other income. The higher income of regional income was an image of success level ability in financing administering government and regional development. Local taxes and retribution is a major source of Acceptance for local revenue used to finance governance and development. Purpose of the implementation of this study to determine the growth of local taxes and retribution in the revenue structure of Manado. The processed data is the data from the Office of Manado City revenues from 2007 to 2011. Data analysis method used is descriptive method to analyze the data of actual local taxes and retribution years 2007-2011 were obtained from the Regional Revenue Office of Manado City. Results of this study indicate that the contribution of a given local taxes and retribution  to revenue from 2007 to 2011 in the amount of 65.18% to 23.16% and local taxes for retribution. The lack of total revenues compared to retribution local taxes, the local government should further optimize Manado services rendered, whether commercial in nature or in the form of public service.

scholarly journals Comparing local fiscal autonomy in the water and sanitation sectors of Johannesburg and Nairobi

2013 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Angelita Kithatu-Kiwekete
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Local Revenue ◽  
Fiscal Autonomy ◽  
Local Expenditure ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
Government Reforms

The rationale for local fiscal autonomy suggests that local expenditure and local revenue generation should remain in close proximity. This is achieved through fiscal decentralisation to local government, to ensure efficient provision of local services that align with local needs, and to improve accountability to residents. Fiscal decentralisation has found resonance in developing countries through local government reforms, but in Africa fiscal decentralisation has been focussed mainly on revenue sharing, except in a few cases where some local fiscal autonomy has been achieved. Urbanisation in Africa is likely to continue (UN-Habitat, 2008), necessitating an increase in municipal service delivery which African cities must finance − hence the need for local fiscal autonomy. Local fiscal autonomy is arguably contentious for African cities, partly because provision of municipal services must be tempered with considerations of equity and redistribution to the poorer urban populations, and because inadequate welfare nets from national government do not subsidise the gap in municipal revenue. In the recent past, Kenya and South Africa adopted local government reforms in different forms that has yielded different forms of local fiscal autonomy. The paper conducts a comparative of local fiscal autonomy in municipal services provision in Nairobi and Johannesburg.

First Meeting of the PIDE Committee on Devolution Reforms in Pakistan

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Durre-e- Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
National Reconstruction

The Local Government Ordinance (LGO), formulated by the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) in 2000 and promulgated by provincial governments in August 2001, assigns powers, responsibilities, and service delivery functions to three levels of local governments: district, tehsil, and union. Responsibilities for the delivery of social and human development services, such as primary and basic health, education and social welfare, are delegated to the district level, whereas municipal services, such as water, sanitation and urban services are assigned to the tehsil level. The LGO does not only deal with the delivery of public services in its plan but also stresses the need for fiscal decentralisation, claiming that “Fiscal decentralisation is the heart of any devolution exercise. Without fiscal decentralisation no authority is devolved.”

ANALISIS ATAS KEMANDIRIAN PEMDA DALAM MENGELOLA KEUANGANNYA

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 93-106
Author(s):  
Prayudi Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Local Revenue

This research aims at examining the Indonesia's local government autonomy in financial management. Based on 2006 – 2014 data, this research finding shows that autonomy ratio is still very low although there was increasing growth in local revenue. 

ANALISIS ATAS KAPASITAS KEUANGAN PEMDA UNTUK MEMPERTAHANKAN KESINAMBUNGAN PENYELENGGARAAN LAYANAN PUBLIK

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 55-76
Author(s):  
Prayudi Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Financial Capacity ◽  
Local Revenue

This research aims at examining the Indonesia's local government financial capacity to maintain sustainable government finances for encouraging public services. Based on 2006 – 2014 data, this research finding shows that sustainable local government financial capacity for encouraging public services is still low. It is because the majority of capital expenditure still depended on general allocation fund, not on local revenue, although there was increasing growth in local revenue. 

Incomplete Fiscal Decentralisation: An Impediment for Local Economic Development in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-105
Author(s):  
Audrey Smock Amoah ◽  
Imoro Braimah ◽  
Theresa Yaba Baah-Ennumh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

For the past three decades Ghana’s democratic decentralisation policy has sought in vein to establish a local government system capable of pursuing Local Economic Development (LED). One of the major impediments has been the insincere implementation of fiscal decentralisation for the local government to provide the enabling environment for LED. This paper employed primary and secondary data from the Wassa East District Assembly (WEDA) to assess the progress so far in Ghana’s fiscal decentralisation and its effect on LED. The paper highlights the potential benefits of LED and the incapacitation of the District Assembly by the Central government for LED financing. The paper again reveals the effects of the constraints of fiscal decentralisation on LED at the local government level and makes policy recommendations towards effective fiscal decentralisation for improvement in LED.

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