Does local government have capacity for enabling local economic development? Lessons from Jamaica

Schoburgh, Eris D.

doi:10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.4060

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“…For this reason, questions should be asked about why a government that cannot provide basic services is entrusted with executing the economic development mandate. RLED capacity deficits are not unique to the South African context, as Schoburgh (2014) noted that local governments in Jamaica are also facing failures in driving LED due to institutional capacity issues. These failures undermine the role of local governments in promoting human development and attaining sustainable development goals for many developing nations.…”

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Decentralisation or deconcentration: The case of regional and local economic development in South Africa

Khambule

2021

Local Economy

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The widespread globalisation, democratisation and decentralisation process that took place in developing nations in the early 1990s created unique opportunities for subnational governments to play an important role in delivering developmental outcomes. Revitalising regional and local economies is one important mandate that emerged with the decentralisation process as a key function for local governments. However, the local government sphere in South Africa faces failures in driving regional and local economic development due to various institutional and market-related challenges. Against the failure of decentralised entities to drive regional and local economic development in South Africa, this article considers the utilisation of deconcentration through dedicating national administrative powers and resources to the regional level to revitalise the prospects of local economies. The article argues that there are better prospects for regional and local economic development through deconcentration due to the expertise, resources and capacities found within the national and provincial governments, as they receive a significant share of the national division of revenues. The article further demonstrates how deconcentration can be implemented through the state deconcentrating and managing its economic development functions at the regional level to municipal-owned district economic development entities tasked with stimulating regional economic development.

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Decentralisation or deconcentration: The case of regional and local economic development in South Africa

Khambule

2021

Local Economy

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“…These several reports mentioned itemized a damning list of complaints about the inefficiencies and dysfunction of the justice system without characterizing any of them as service quality issues. Service quality issues are included an academic literature, but the literature has concentrated on hospitality management (Crick & Spencer, 2011;Gilbert et al, 2004), information systems (Golding, 2005;Golding, Donaldson, Tennant, & Black, 2008), and institutional change (Schoburgh, 2014).…”

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Investigation of Judicial Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: The Case of Dire Dawa City Courts, Ethiopia

Desta¹

2019

JLPG

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This study is conducted to examine Courts Quality Service, Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction in City Courts. The study was used the primary and secondary source of data and data was collected from 282 sample through a survey questionnaire. Different descriptive statistics, Chi-Squared test, SERVQUAL Model, and logistic regression were used to carry out the research. From 282 study participants, 216 (77%) were males and 66 (23%) were females. The SERVQUAL result depicted that responsiveness is the most important factor to have a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction followed by reliability, assurance, empathy, and tangibility. The overall satisfaction analysis result showed that 73% customers were satisfied by the City courts service. From the logistic regression, the City Courts are provide more service on the reliability dimension, assurance dimension, and minimizing of visiting frequency to the customer would increase the satisfaction of customer. Conferring inclusive jurisdictional power that stands by itself and Establishing Cassation Bench in Appellate Court of the City resolves the problems of dissatisfaction of Courts service delivery.

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Developmental State and the Political Economy of Local Government in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa

Mohale

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy

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Does local government have capacity for enabling local economic development? Lessons from Jamaica

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Cited by 7 publications

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Decentralisation or deconcentration: The case of regional and local economic development in South Africa

Decentralisation or deconcentration: The case of regional and local economic development in South Africa

Investigation of Judicial Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: The Case of Dire Dawa City Courts, Ethiopia

Developmental State and the Political Economy of Local Government in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa

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