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Book Synopsis Efficient Local Government Service Provision by : Rhiannon Jerch
Download or read book Efficient Local Government Service Provision written by Rhiannon Jerch and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local governments spend roughly $1.6 trillion per year to provide a variety of public services ranging from police and fire protection to public schools and public transit. However, we know little about public sector's productivity in delivering key services. To understand the productivity both over time and across space, we examine public bus service, which represents a standardized output for benchmarking the cost of local government service provision. There is significant dispersion across transit agencies in the operating cost per bus mile with the highest being more than three times as high as the lowest among top 20 largest cities by population. We estimate the cost savings from privatization and explore the political economy of why privatization rates are lower in high cost unionized areas. Our analysis finds that the full privatizaton could result in cost savings of $5.7 billion in 2011 and that the gain in economic efficiency from more closely aligning bus fares with production costs would be worth at least half a billion dollars.
Book Synopsis Efficient Local Government Services Provision by : Rhiannon Jerch
Download or read book Efficient Local Government Services Provision written by Rhiannon Jerch and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Managing Local Government Services by : Carl W. Stenberg
Download or read book Managing Local Government Services written by Carl W. Stenberg and published by ICMA Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Local Government Services, 3rd ed. is a comprehensive text on the subject of local government services relevant to local governments of all sizes. This edition is refocused and updated to include the demographic, economic, technology and cultural trends that affect the management of service delivery. New chapters discuss the shift from ¿government¿ to ¿governance,¿ alternative methods of service delivery, community development, and the five management practices that are fast becoming the standard for professional local government management.Each chapter lays out the manager¿s responsibilities in each service area, and provides effective policies, practices, and procedures. Short case examples give you a practical look at the goals, challenges, and solutions in the manager¿s world.
Book Synopsis The Effective Local Government Manager, 3rd Edition by : N. Joseph Cayer
Download or read book The Effective Local Government Manager, 3rd Edition written by N. Joseph Cayer and published by ICMA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Effective Local Government Manager, 3rd Edition, reflects the rich history and modern reinvention of a profession that sprang up at the beginning of the twentieth century. What does it mean to be a local government manager in today’s world? What can a manager accomplish? What internal as well as external resources must the manager harness? What motivates the manager’s employers, colleagues, and employees? For the student contemplating a career as a manager in public service, The Effective Local Government Manager is almost obligatory reading. Many instructors have built introductory courses on local government management around The Effective Local Government Manager. For the young assistant in a city or county, or for the mid-career manager assessing new challenges, The Effective Local Government Manager offers insights on your role and how you can best serve your community. It explores the manager’s many roles and responsibilities—interacting with the community, the governing body, local government employees, and other governments. It offers the most up-to-date theory and practice of local government as well as tools of management. This book is used as a text in ICMA University's Emerging Leaders Development Program.
Book Synopsis On the Efficiency of Markets Created by Government by : Marc Bendick
Download or read book On the Efficiency of Markets Created by Government written by Marc Bendick and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fiscal Decentralization Reforms by : Michal Plaček
Download or read book Fiscal Decentralization Reforms written by Michal Plaček and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impacts of fiscal decentralization reforms on the efficiency of local governments in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. By offering a comparative perspective and by applying econometric methods and regression models, it analyses various reform trajectories and their effects on individual CEE countries. Furthermore, the book discusses input and output indicators for evaluating the efficiency of municipalities. Readers will learn about the common features of these countries, the impact of path dependence, and future prospects for decentralization reforms. In closing, the book discusses modern management and administration methods, opportunities for cooperation between municipalities, co-creative service delivery, and other measures that could improve the efficiency of public service provision.
Book Synopsis The Challenge of Local Government Size by : Santiago Lago-Peñas
Download or read book The Challenge of Local Government Size written by Santiago Lago-Peñas and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their high levels of jurisdictional fragmentation. This timely volume examines the different strategies used to address local government fragmentation and their observed results and consequences. Expert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale, the costs and benefits of voluntary and forced amalgamation programs, the correlation between government size and corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and makes this book an invaluable addition to the literature. Economists, public administrators and political scientists will find much of interest in this innovative volume, as will professors, students and international institutions with an interest in local government structure and reform.
Book Synopsis Australian Local Government by : Brian Dollery
Download or read book Australian Local Government written by Brian Dollery and published by Macmillan Education AU. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last few years have seen unprecedented change taking place in the Australian local government arena. In all states the functions and responsibilities of local authorities have been subjected to extensive reform. New legislation has redefined the role of councillors. Local governments have been required to introduce more efficient and effective management practices and become more open and responsive to their constituencies. The scope of traditional regulatory practices has been altered and councils forced to develop a competitive environment for the provision of services. The place of local authorities in the intergovernmental landscape has also changed. Different forms of interaction between Commonwealth, state and local government are evolving along with the emergence of new funding strategies to encourage a regional focus. This is the first book to offer a detailed discussion of the reforms that have taken place, and at the same time provide an informative and readable analysis for practitioners and students of government, politics and public sector management.
Book Synopsis Participation at the Crossroads by : Bhaskar Chakrabarti
Download or read book Participation at the Crossroads written by Bhaskar Chakrabarti and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effective Local Government Manager by : Wayne F. Anderson
Download or read book The Effective Local Government Manager written by Wayne F. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Future of Local Government by : John Stewart
Download or read book The Future of Local Government written by John Stewart and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the future of local government, this book examines the different changes, such as community charge and other financial changes, housing reforms, education reforms services, local democracy and other problems within the local government.
Book Synopsis Local Governance in Developing Countries by : Anwar Shah
Download or read book Local Governance in Developing Countries written by Anwar Shah and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by policy makers and practitioners in addition to students and scholars of public finance, economics and politics.
Book Synopsis The Capacity of Local Governments in Europe by : Sabine Kuhlmann
Download or read book The Capacity of Local Governments in Europe written by Sabine Kuhlmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares local self-government in Europe. It examines local institutional structures, autonomy, and capacities in six selected countries - France, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, and the United Kingdom - each of which represents a typical model of European local government. Within Europe, an overall trend towards more local government capacities and autonomy can be identified, but there are also some counter tendencies to this trend and major differences regarding local politico-administrative settings, functional responsibilities, and resources. The book demonstrates that a certain degree of local financial autonomy and fiscal discretion is necessary for effective service provision. Furthermore, a robust local organization, viable territorial structures, a professional public service, strong local leadership, and well-functioning tools of democratic participation are key aspects for local governments to effectively fulfill their tasks and ensure political accountability. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Public Administration and Public Management, as well as practitioners and policy-makers at different levels of government, in public enterprises, and in NGOs.
Book Synopsis Principles for Local Government Legislation by : Graham Sansom
Download or read book Principles for Local Government Legislation written by Graham Sansom and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2013 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is designed to help local government practitioners in Pacific island countries review and strengthen their existing legislative and regulatory frameworks. It identifies best practice, examines case studies of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, and presents ten key principles for effective legislation.
Book Synopsis Public/Private Partnerships for Local Governments by : Oliver W. Porter
Download or read book Public/Private Partnerships for Local Governments written by Oliver W. Porter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four new cities have been created in Georgia in the past three years. The author was responsible for the implementation of Sandy Springs, the first new city to be incorporated in Georgia in fifty years. His previous book, Creating the New City of Sandy Springs, was published to serve as a guide for other communities considering incorporation. The book introduced the concept of a broadly based Public/Private partnership. Subsequently, the author served in an advisory role to the other three new cities, all of which adopted the Public/private partnership model. A fifth new city that the author is advising is expected to be formed late in 2008. It too, is moving toward the adoption of the model. The record of success in these cities is outlined in this new book. Success is defined as the provision of more efficient government services and providing the maximum level of responsiveness to the citizens. Based on the experience of these new cities, this book strongly urges that existing cities which have followed the traditional organizational structure, for too long, give strong consideration to converting their services to the Public/Private partnership model. The Public/Private partnership model is gaining interest on a national level and recently has attracted international interest. The author was invited to participate in a number of large symposia and meetings in Japan with government, business and academic leaders, to explain the model, and its benefits. Traditional methods of providing local government services have in many cases resulted in levels of bureaucracy and waste that are unacceptable. It is time that elected officials consider new and better methods. The Public/Private partnership model as described in this, and the author s first book, provides a roadmap for introducing improved government services that should be studied by all local officials.
Book Synopsis Public Services Delivery by : World Bank
Download or read book Public Services Delivery written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication sets out a framework for analysing the performance of governments in developing countries, looking at the government as a whole and at local and municipal levels, and focusing on individual sectors that form the core of essential government services, such as health, education, welfare, waste disposal, and infrastructure. It draws lessons from performance measurement systems in a range of industrial countries to identify good practice around the world in improving public sector governance, combating corruption and making services work for poor people.
Book Synopsis The Influence of Political and Administrative Interaction on Municipal Service Delivery in Selected Municipalities in the Free State Province by : Marlize Carine Pretorius
Download or read book The Influence of Political and Administrative Interaction on Municipal Service Delivery in Selected Municipalities in the Free State Province written by Marlize Carine Pretorius and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution of South Africa, 1996, (the Constitution) is the supreme law of the country and its ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person. In striving to achieve this goal, the Constitution established (among others) the local sphere of government with the objectives of providing democratic and accountable government and sustainable service delivery to local communities. The reality, however, indicates that residents are dissatisfied with poor service provision by municipalities which has led to frequent service delivery protests throughout South Africa. The local government sphere experiences challenges in governance, such as tension between the political- and administrative interface, the poor ability of many councillors to deal with the demands of local communities, the insufficient separation of powers between political parties and municipal councils and inadequate accountability measures. Against the background of these comprehensive challenges, the research focused on the role that the political (municipal councils) and administrative institutions fulfil in municipal service provision. The nature and extent of political- and administrative relationships at selected municipalities in the Free State Province were investigated and the extent to which the misconception of roles influences effective and efficient local government and –administration in the Free State Province were established. Possible reasons for the poorly harmonised interaction between the political- and administrative institutions in the Free State Province and their inability to provide the required services to the community were identified. Based on the literature study and the interviews conducted at selected municipalities in the Free State Province, the study resolved that poor interaction between the political and administrative institutions directly and indirectly influences the quality of service provision at municipalities which, in many cases, lead to service delivery protests. A lack of political and administrative interaction furthermore leads to bad governance. Therefore, a set of recommendations is provided that proposes how the current challenges can be unravelled, and how to rectify and restore the appropriate roles and relations of political institutions (municipal councils) and administrative institutions in the Free State Province local government milieu. Some of these recommendations included improved and/or reinforced accountability in local governance, a clearer separation between the roles of the political principles and the administrative heads, lifelong training, and skills development.
