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Title

Linking regions and central governments : contracts for regional development.

Publication

Paris, France : OECD, c2007.

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Additional Authors

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Description

196 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique analytic framework for assessing multi-level governance arrangements, which is subsequently applied to five case studies of regional development policy: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The book reveals the importance of contractual arrangements for customised management of interdependencies, for clarifying responsibilities among actors, for dialogue, and for learning.

Subject

• Regional planning > OECD countries
• Regional planning > OECD countries > Case studies
• Decentralization in government > OECD countries > Case studies
• Central-local government relations > OECD countries
• Overheidsbeleid
• OECD countries > Economic policy > Case studies
• OECD countries > Regional disparities > Case studies
• Canada
• Frankrijk
• Duitsland
• Spanje
• Italië

Genre/Form

Case studies

Note

• Also available in French under the title: Régions et gouvernement central : des contrats pour le développement régional.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Executive Summary -- A Contractual Approach to Multi-level Governance -- The Case of France -- The Case of Italy -- The Case of Germany -- The Case of Spain -- The Case of Canada.

ISBN

• 926400873X
• 9789264008731

OCLC

• 143820232
• SCSB-11677998

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library