Governance, Decentralization and Reform in China, India and Russia
Editat de Jean-Jacques Dethieren Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 dec 2010
Distorted economic and political incentive structures, capture of the state by powerful élites and inoperative legal systems are factors that have greatly complicated the political economy of reform in these three large countries with heterogeneous populations. Addressing these political and institutional issues is essential to designing good policies. One particular goal of this volume is to bring together new analytical insights and empirical evidence on governance, a new and growing field of research.
The volume is divided into three parts: fiscal federalism; decentralization and provision of local public goods; and legal reforms. Part I discusses the role of incentives in fiscal federalism. The papers analyze the effects of different revenue-sharing mechanisms between different levels of government, in particular the effects on regional growth and inequality and the incentives that local politicians may have to provide public goods depending on fiscal arrangements with the central government. In adapting their governance structures, all three countries have been striving for increased decentralization. But the theoretical literature suggests that, in a decentralized setting, second-best solutions must prevail: it is not possible to ensure incentive compatibility simultaneously with optimal allocation of resources and a balanced budget in providing public goods. Part II discusses taxation and public expenditure management both as a political and as a budgetary process. Two questions which the papers address are: Does participation of stakeholders and accountability of public authorities improve economic and social outcomes? Does better governance in the provision of basic goods such as health care and education improve equity? While decentralization is often seen as a way to improve the quality of public services, rule-based governance is viewed as a safeguard against the arbitrariness of public officials and weaknesses in law enforcement. The five papers in Part III focus on the rule of law; the role of the judicial system in establishing a rule-based economy; and the effectiveness of legal institutions during the transition from socialism to a market economy. They present overviews of current legal reform issues in the three countries and discuss various conceptual approaches to addressing legal reform issues.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781441949929
ISBN-10: 1441949925
Pagini: 472
Ilustrații: VII, 459 p.
Dimensiuni: 160 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Editura: Springer Us
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
ISBN-10: 1441949925
Pagini: 472
Ilustrații: VII, 459 p.
Dimensiuni: 160 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Editura: Springer Us
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
Public țintă
ResearchCuprins
Preface; J. von Braun. 1. Introduction: Governance, Decentralization, and Reform: An Introduction; J.-J. Dethier. Part I: Fiscal Federalism. 2. Some Politically Incorrect Remarks on Decentralization and Public Finance; V. Tanzi. 3. The Russian Federal System of Finance: Trends, Politics, and Presssing Issues; D. Treisman. Comments; W. Schrettl. 4. Efficiency and Redistribution in China? Revenue-Sharing System; Li Shi. Comments; K. Fukasaku. 5. Market-Hampering Federalism: Local Incentives for Reform in Russia; E. Zhuravskaya. Comments; S. Voigt. Part II: Decentralization and Public Goods. 6. Local Governance and Delivery of Public Goods; P. Bardham. 7. Fiscal Features of Local Government in India; I. Rajaraman. Comments; E. Ahmad. 8. Decentralization and Public Sector Delivery of Health and Education Services in India; A. Mahal, et al. Comments; J. Drèze. 9. Reform of the Agricultural Tax System in China; W.T. Jun. Part III: Legal Reforms. 10. Courts as Agents of Legal Governance; K. Pistor. 11. Legal Reform in Developing Countries: Comparative Law and Law-and-Economics; K. Mechlem. 12. Some Issues in Law Reform in India; B. Debroy. Comments; W.-P. Zingel. 13. Legal Reforms in China; L. Junhai. Comments; R.W. Jagtenberg. 14. Effectiveness of Legal Institutions in the Transition Economy in Post-Soviet Russia; K. Hendley. Comments; W. Simons. Contributors and other Conference Participants. Subject Index.
Notă biografică
Jean-Jacques Dethier has a law degree from the University of Liège, Belgium, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a senior fellow at ZEF in 1998-99, on leave from the World Bank where he works on public finance and governance issues. Since 1990, he has worked on transition economies. He recently published with L. Bokros, `Public Finance Reform during the Transition: The Experience of Hungary'. He has also extensive work experience in several countries in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.