Decentralization and development of Sri Lanka within a unitary state. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: N.S. Cooray, Sirimal Abeyratne, editors.
• Editors: Cooray, N. S; Abeyratne, Sirimal
• Contents: 1. Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part one -- Chapter 2: Local Government System in Sri Lanka: A Historical Overview -- Chapter 3: Developmental Role and Financing of Sub-National Units of Government: The Case of Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 4: Intergovernmental Fiscal Framework for Local Government and Centre-Local Revenue and Expenditure Sharing: A Comparative Analysis -- Chapter 5: Towards an Appropriate Public Local Government Unit for Sri Lanka -- Part two -- Chapter 6: Agriculture and Rural Development under Central Government and Provincial Council Setup in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 7: Sustainable Resource Mobilization for Community Development in Sri Lanka: LEAD Participatory Poverty Reduction Experience -- Chapter 8: Public Investment in Education: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 8: Public Investment in Education: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 10: Post Conflict Foreign Policy Challenges for Sri Lanka -- Part three -- Chapter 11: Role of Local Institutions in the Development of Industrial Clusters -- Chapter 12: Decentralization of Natural Resources Management in ASEAN -- Chapter 13: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Vietnam -- Chapter 14: Education Expenditure and Economic Growth under Decentralization: An Empirical Study of Sri Lanka and Canada -- Chapter 15: Japanese Local Tax System and Decentralization.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (XI, 364 pages 76 illustrations, 55 illustrations in color.)
• Subjects: 338.9; Decentralization in government -- Sri Lanka; Political planning; Development economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Decentralization in government; Politics and government; Development economics; Political planning; Asia -- Politics and government; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government; Sri Lanka; Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9811042594; 9789811042591
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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