Title: Linking regions and central governments
Description: 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.
Subjects: Central-local government relations, Decentralization in government, Regional planning, Economic policy, Economic conditions, Regional disparities, Case studies, Overheidsbeleid
Places: OECD countries