scholarly journals PERFORMANCE BUDGETING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

2017 ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
Olga Szołno
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Performance Budgeting ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

Exploring the Uncharted Territory of Devolution in Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jephias Mapuva ◽  
George P Miti
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Participatory Governance ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Local Levels

Devolution, which was incorporated into the Constitution of Zimbabwe through section 264, is a new phenomenon in Zimbabwe. This incorporation came about because of the need for participatory governance and the devolution of power away from the centre. Over the years, local governance has been informed by a plethora of pieces of legislation that do not provide an enabling environment for citizen participation, giving Zimbabwe’s local government a chequered history that excludes citizens from participating in public affairs that affect their lives. An analysis of section 264 of the Constitution revealed that devolution has the propensity to enhance transparency, efficiency and effectiveness as well as the fulfilment of central government’s responsibilities at provincial and local levels. This article argues that the belated implementation of the devolution of power has delayed improved service delivery, effectiveness, efficiency and accountability within local governance. This article further seeks to explain how the implementation of section 264 of the Constitution can bring about good local governance.

scholarly journals Efficiency and Effectiveness of Government Expenditure on Education at Districts/Cities Level in East Java Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Achmad Solihin ◽  
Djoko Mursinto ◽  
Lilik Sugiharti
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Educational Outcome ◽  
Household Expenditure ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Local Government Expenditure ◽  
Regional Product

The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of local government expenditure on education sector in districts and cities level of East Java, during the periods 2007-2014. Furthermore, this study will evaluate the impacts of local government expenditure, household expenditure for education, and regional product domestic bruto or (PDRB) on the educational outcomes, namely education index.Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is selected as the methodology for analyzing the efficiency of local government expenditure on educational outcome. The model assumes constant return to scale (CRS) and variable return to scale (VRS). Measurement of the effectiveness of government spending is done by using panel data regression. Data for supporting the analyses is panel data from 38 districts and cities in East Java for the periods of 2007 – 2014. The results show that government expenditure in educational sector is relatively inefficient. Government Expenditure for Education (PPP) has no significant impact on educational index, while Household expenditure for education (PPRT) and GRDP per Capita positive has significant impact on the Education Index (IP). This imply that government expenditure for educational sector is not effective improving educational index.

scholarly journals Quo vadis? The local government in Turkey after public management reforms

2018 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evrim Tan
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Public Services ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Decentralized System ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Quo Vadis

In the 2000s, Turkey has reformed its public administration system in line with New Public Management (NPM) principles towards a more decentralized system. Although the initial aim of the reform process is set to achieve a decentralized and more efficient public management system, the empirical data and official statistics cast doubt on whether this outcome will ever be achieved. Analyzing local government legislation, the discretion of central government in local governance, and the changes in the status of local government in public governance, the article presents the evolution of the local government system in Turkey during the Justice and Development Party government. Points for practitioners The public management reform experience of Turkey resembles the NPM reform patterns in countries with Napoleonic state tradition. Similar to these countries, the emphasis on managerial practices over participatory elements has been prevalent in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. Yet, the findings in the Turkish case challenge the proposition that managerial reforms alone, without improving local democratic governance, can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of public services.

Experience with Managerial and Political Reform Measures at the Local Level in Slovakia

2016 ◽  
pp. 135-160
Author(s):  
Daniel Klimovský
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Performance Budgeting ◽  
Direct Elections

This chapter is focused on the Slovak experience with decentralization and relating political and managerial innovations. A main goal is to analyze both managerial and political innovations which have been implemented since 1990, when a democratic local government system with directly elected local government bodies was renewed. An additional aim is to show not only intended outcomes but also the outcomes which can be described as unintended. Main attention is especially paid to inter-municipal cooperation, performance budgeting, participatory budgeting, direct elections of mayors, local referenda, etc. However, attention is paid also to those innovations which have never been implemented in Slovakia, e.g. gender quotas or territorial consolidation (amalgamation).

scholarly journals Review of the Commonwealth Local Government Good Practice Scheme

2012 ◽  
pp. 150-158
Author(s):  
Rachael Duchnowski
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Management Efficiency ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Development Goals

The overarching objective of the Commonwealth Local Government Good Practice Scheme (GPS) was to contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals at the local level; there were four expected outputs:1. Increased capacity of local authorities to plan and deliver services, through successful implementation of CLGF-funded projects focussed on the following nationally agreed themes, relevant to the achievement of the MDGs;2. Measurable and/or assessable improvements in individual and/or departmental/local authority management efficiency and effectiveness delivered through the GPS projects;3. National local government associations possess effective knowledge management systems and dissemination networks working nationally - and internationally through CLGF;4. Utilisation of expertise of local government practitioners in partner countries to improve local government performance more widely.

The Role of Performance Indicators in Housing Management: A Critique

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Smith ◽  
R Walker
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Housing Management ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

In this paper an evaluation of the housing management performance indicators regime in the United Kingdom is provided. First, the context in which performance measurement in the housing service in the United Kingdom has developed is set and lessons are drawn from the use of statutory indicators following the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. By examining the performance indicator regime in Wales it is suggested that the regime is flawed because it provides information which points towards the economic efficiency of service provision rather than explaining the effectiveness of services. This is compounded by the multiple audience that the performance indicator regime is targeted at: tenants, local government, and central government. The conflict arising from the multiple target groups results in the regime being unable to serve properly its primary audience, that is, tenants. To conclude the paper, some alternatives are suggested, and the need for performance indicators to be seen as tools for evaluating the relative efficiency and effectiveness of local authority housing management over time is highlighted.

scholarly journals Reforming local government: Must it always be democracy versus efficiency?

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aodh Quinlivan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Subnational Government ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Input Legitimacy

Abstract The financial crisis from 2008 has had a profound impact on Irish local government. Councils were faced with a disastrous combination of factors - declining funding from central government, difficulties in collecting commercial rates as businesses struggled, and a drastic fall in revenue from development levies. Staffing levels in the local government sector were reduced by over 20 per cent, significantly more than the losses suffered by central government ministries and departments. Yet the financial crisis also offered an opportunity for reform and a fundamental reappraisal of subnational government in Ireland. A reform strategy produced in 2012 paved the way for the Local Government Reform Act, 2014. As a result of this legislation, the number of local authorities was reduced from 114 to 31 with the complete abolition of all town councils. The number of council seats also fell from 1,627 to 949. Using Scharpf’s dimensions of democratic legitimacy, this article assesses whether the focus of the 2014 reforms was on output legitimacy (efficiency and effectiveness) as opposed to input legitimacy (citizen integration and participation).

scholarly journals Decentralization in Tanzania: Perceptible Efficiency and Effectiveness in Management of Community Health Care, Free Basic Education and Public Private Partnership

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Rahel Nasoni Mkoma ◽  
Charles Tinabo Rwekaza
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Enhance Efficiency

Abstract Decentralization has been a means to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the management of local government affairs. Tanzania has undergone a reform through decentralization by devolution (D by D) and shifted relative power to lower levels of government known as local government authorities. The purpose is to improve the management of local government affair including the management of community health, free basic education and the management of contracts through public-private partnership. The objective of this paper is to review and analyse on how D by D has enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in the management of local government affairs in Tanzania. Data were collected through reviewing different documents including published journal articles, unpublished Master and PhD thesis/dissertations, government reports and online materials. Efficiency and effectiveness in the management of local government affairs are enhanced by D by D as there are improvements in the management of the community health fund as the number of households enrolled is consecutively increasing in the past five years from 543,328 in 2012/2013 to 2,251,055 in 2017/2018giving a total of 13,506,330 beneficiaries out of the total population. In the management of free fee basic education, head masters, mistress and head teachers in Singida and Ruangwa districts are successful in overcoming the challenges of free fee basic education while there is improved community participation in the management of management of contracted services in Ulanga district council. This paper recommends for reviewing and analysing how D by D has enhanced management of waste collection, the use of Government electronic Payment Gateway (GePG) in revenue collection and the efficiency and effectiveness of Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA).

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