Definitions and Typologies in Public Administration Research: The Case of Decentralization

Dubois, Hans; Fattore, Giovanni

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“…The ongoing debate has focused on the questions of whether the funding and delivery of child benefits should be centralized or decentralized (Glennerster, 2009, Ferrera, 2005, McEwen and Moreno, 2005, Obinger et al, 2005, Pierson, 2001, Dubois and Fattore, 2009, Castles, 1999; whether they should vary by number and age of children, and family type (Bradshaw, 2006, Bradshaw, 2010, Bradshaw et al, 1993b, Bradshaw et al, 1993a, Bradshaw and Finch, 2002, Bradshaw et al, 2007, OECD, 2009); whether they should be universal or means/wealth-tested (Oorschot van, 2002, Pritchett, 2005, Gelbach and Pritchett, 1995, Moene and Wallerstein, 2001, Skocpol, 1991, Korpi and Palme, 1998.…”

Section: Literature On the Impact Of Public Policies On Child Povertymentioning

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Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: A microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe

Popova

2016

Journal of European Social Policy

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This paper analyses programmes of cash allowances for children and compares their effectiveness in combating child poverty in Russia and four EU countries representing alternative family policy models -Sweden, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom.Using microsimulation models, this paper estimates the potential gains if the Russian system were re-designed along the policy parameters of these countries and vice versa. The results confirm that the poverty impact of the program design is smaller than that of the level of spending. Other conditions being equal, the best distributional outcomes for children are achieved by applying the mix of universal and means-tested child benefits, such as those employed by the UK and Belgium. At the same time, the Russian design of child allowances does not appear to be less effective in terms of its impact on child poverty when transferred to European countries in place of their current arrangements.

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Section: Literature On the Impact Of Public Policies On Child Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: A microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe

Popova

2016

Journal of European Social Policy

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“…6,7 There is, however, an emerging consensus that decentralisation broadly refers to the transfer of authority to manage, plan and make decisions, from the central government to agencies and actors at lower levels. 1,[7][8][9][10][11] Decentralisation, in its many forms, seeks to promote a more effective and efficient system aimed at rectifying a topdown bureaucratic structure and improving government responsiveness to the public. 4,8,10,12 Among its many promises, decentralisation aims to bring services closer to people, 8,10,13 improve access to services, 1,8 allow for community participation, 12,14 improve employee morale and turnover 15 and place particular emphasis on improving quality, access and equity, empowering local governments and increasing innovation and efficiency.…”

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Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis

Mohammed¹,

North²,

Ashton³

2015

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: Decentralisation aims to bring services closer to the community and has been advocated in the health sector to improve quality, access and equity, and to empower local agencies, increase innovation and efficiency and bring healthcare and decision-making as close as possible to where people live and work. Fiji has attempted two approaches to decentralisation. The current approach reflects a model of deconcentration of outpatient services from the tertiary level hospital to the peripheral health centres in the Suva subdivision. Methods: Using a modified decision space approach developed by Bossert, this study measures decision space created in five broad categories (finance, service organisation, human resources, access rules, and governance rules) within the decentralised services. Results: Fiji's centrally managed historical-based allocation of financial resources and management of human resources resulted in no decision space for decentralised agents. Narrow decision space was created in the service organisation category where, with limited decision space created over access rules, Fiji has seen greater usage of its decentralised health centres. There remains limited decision space in governance. Conclusion:The current wave of decentralisation reveals that, whilst the workload has shifted from the tertiary hospital to the peripheral health centres, it has been accompanied by limited transfer of administrative authority, suggesting that Fiji's deconcentration reflects the transfer of workload only with decision-making in the five functional areas remaining largely centralised. As such, the benefits of decentralisation for users and providers are likely to be limited.

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“…At an ontological level, the focus on practices and the relational perspective enters the structureagency debate by ascribing a greater role to agency as opposed to structures in analyses. For classical public administration theory, traditionally accustomed to categorizing, making frameworks and sketching other formal pathways and solutions, this focus poses the challenge of how to deal with these pluralistic, informal and contingent citizens' initiatives (Shafritz, 2015;Dubois et al, 2009;De Schutter and Lenoble, 2010).…”

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Bonding by doing : the dynamics of self-organizing groups of citizens taking charge of their living environment

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Definitions and Typologies in Public Administration Research: The Case of Decentralization

Cited by 83 publications

References 43 publications

Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: A microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe

Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: A microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe

Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis

Bonding by doing : the dynamics of self-organizing groups of citizens taking charge of their living environment

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