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Local Governance in Industrial Countries

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Local government refers to specific institutions or entities created by national constitutions (Brazil, Denmark, France, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden), by state constitutions (Australia, the United States), by ordinary legislation of a higher level of central government (New Zealand, the United Kingdom, most countries), by provincial or state legislation (Canada, Pakistan), or by executive order (China) to deliver a range of specified services to a relatively small geographically delineated area. Local governance is a broader concept and is defined as the formulation and execution of collective action at the local level. Thus, it encompasses the direct and indirect roles of formal institutions of local government and government hierarchies, as well as the roles of informal norms, networks, community organizations, and neighborhood associations in pursuing collective action by defining the framework for citizen-citizen and citizen-state interactions, collective decision making, and delivery of local public services.

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  • Anwar Shah, 2006. "Local Governance in Industrial Countries," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 7108, December.
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    1. Shama Gamkhar, 2002. "Federal Intergovernmental Grants and the States," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2400.
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    2. Natalia V. Pokrovskaia & Andrey V. Belov, 2020. "Tax Revenues of Local Budgets in Unitary States: a Case Study of Japan," Journal of Tax Reform, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, vol. 6(1), pages 73-89.
    3. Ncube, G. & Gómez, G.M., 2011. "Local economic development and migrant remittances in rural Zimbabwe," ISS Working Papers - General Series 23272, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    4. Bordignon, Massimo & Grembi, Veronica & Piazza, Santino, 2017. "Who do you blame in local finance? An analysis of municipal financing in Italy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 146-163.
    5. Reisinger, Adrienn, 2015. "Individual Social Responsibility – Theorethical And Some Empirical Approach," Journal of Central European Green Innovation, Karoly Robert University College, vol. 3(3), pages 1-15.
    6. Brian Dollery & Sue O’Keefe & Lin Crase, 2009. "State Oversight Models for Australian Local Government," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 28(4), pages 279-290, December.
    7. Productivity Commission, 2008. "Assessing Local Government Revenue Raising Capacity," Research Reports, Productivity Commission, Government of Australia, number 26.
    8. Anwar Shah, 2012. "The 18th Constitutional Amendment: Glue or Solvent for Nation Building and Citizenship in Pakistan?," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 17(Special E), pages 387-424, September.
    9. Anwar Shah, 2014. "Responsibility with accountability: A FAIR governance framework for performance accountability of local governments," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, vol. 32(2), pages 343-377.
    10. Dodescu Anca, 2011. "Experiences And Tendencies To Decentralize The Capabilities Of The Economic Policy At The European Union Level," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(special), pages 47-61, July.

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