The Challenge of Local Government Size: Theoretical Perspectives, International Experience and Policy Reform, edited by Santiago Lago-Penas and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez.

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. e5-e5
Author(s):  
R. Bahl
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Government Size ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives

scholarly journals Constitutional Democracy and Caretaker Committee in Nigeria Local Government System: An Assessment

2013 ◽  
pp. 110-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude C Okafor ◽  
Ikechukwu H Orjinta
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Nigerian Literature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Subsequent Replacement

The 1976 Local Government Reform among other landmark changes unified the local government system in Nigeria, and the 1979 constitution made local governments the third tier of government and provided for a system of local government by democratically elected councils. More recently, elected local government councils have been dissolved and replaced with Transition Committees or Caretaker Committees appointed by the Governors’ of their respective states. This paper therefore, examines the impact of the caretaker committees in Nigerian Local Government on the practice of constitutional democracy. The discussion is framed by the theoretical perspectives and Nigerian literature on local government and constitutional democracy, and by the recent phenomenal wave of dissolving elected local government councils and subsequent replacement with caretaker committees. Contrary to popular belief, that local government as the third tier of government has failed to achieve the objective for which it was created, this paper observes that party politics has been the bane of Nigerian local government since its inception, and that democratically elected local councils with political and financial autonomy are the major conditions for an effective and efficient multi-purpose local government system in Nigeria.

scholarly journals SIBU and the crisis of water service delivery in Sannieshof, North West Province

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Gouws ◽  
I Moeketsi ◽  
S Motloung ◽  
G Van Greuning ◽  
Llewellyn Van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
High Court ◽  
North West ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
North West Province ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Town

In 2007 the residents of the town of Sannieshof in North West Province declared a dispute with the Tswaing Local Municipality on the grounds that the state of local service delivery left much to be desired. The ratepayers then formed the Sannieshof Inwoners Belastingbetalers Unie (SIBU) which literally took over the functions of local government of the town, functioning as a local government within a local government.This article provides a historical narrative of the conflict between SIBU and Tswaing Local Municipality, a dispute which was taken as far as the provincial High Court. Then follows an outline of conditions in Sannieshof and the townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba. Attention is given to the perceptions of local residents on the prevalent conditions, specifically in respect of water supply and sanitation service delivery. In the third section there are some theoretical perspectives on political culture, socialisation and happiness. A debate is provided on how these phenomena manifest under existing conditions in Sannieshof, and more particularly, in its adjacent townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba.

Tax decentralization and local government size

Public Choice ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 157 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 183-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Liberati ◽  
Agnese Sacchi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Size

scholarly journals The Influence of Capital Expenditures, Government Size, and Audit Opinions on Disclosure of Government Financial Statements of Nusa Tenggara

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-285
Author(s):  
Prapti Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Capital Expenditures ◽  
Government Size ◽  
Total Expenditure ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Saturated Sample ◽  
Sample Testing

This study is a quantitative study that aims to examine the effect of capital expenditure as measured by total expenditure transformed to Ln capital expenditure, Government Size measured by total asets transformed to Ln total asets and Number of SKPDs, and audit opinion measured by grading levels opinion obtained by the Regency / City in Nusa Tenggara. The population in this study were all districts / cities in Nusa Tenggara 2016-2018, the sample in this study used a saturated sample. Testing the hypothesis in this study using Multiple Regression Analysis with the SPSS program. Hypothesis testing results show that (1) capital expenditure has a significant effect on the disclosure of local government financial statements (2) government size on asets does not have a significant effect on the disclosure of local government financial statements (3) government size on the number of SKPD does not significantly influence the disclosure of government financial statements regional (4) audit opinion has a significant effect on the disclosure of local government financial statements

scholarly journals Pengaruh Ukuran Pemerintah Daerah, Opini Audit, Dan Leverage Terhadap Audit Delay

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1168-1183
Author(s):  
Maidelfian Putra Bakar ◽  
Fefri Indra Arza
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Government Size ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Independent Variable

Local governments are obliged to ensure that their financial statements are presented in a timely manner as they are a form of accountability to the public. These financial reports can be used by the public to evaluate the capabilities of local governments in managing their resources effectively and efficiently. Financial statements that were not provided on time may cause those report loses their capacity to influence decisions. The study was categorized into causative research. Where this study aims to see how far the independent variables affect the dependent variable. This research tries to explain the influence of local government size (X1), audit opinion (X2) and leverage (X3) as independent variable to audit delay (Y) as dependent variable. The population observed in this study is from regencies and cities in West Sumatera in 2015 and 2017. The result of this study shows that the audit opinion variable cause significant negative effect on audit delay. The local government size and the leverage variable doesn't affect audit delay. This study also shows that local government size, audit opinion, and leverage together influence audit delay

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