Evaluation of Delivery Mechanisms in the Water Supply Industry—Evidence from Slovenia

Pevcin, Primož; Rakar, Iztok

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61091-7_13

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“…State or municipal authorities rarely off er public services; in most cases, specialized legal persons are established (e.g. public company, public institution, public fund, public agency) or concessions are granted (Pevcin and Rakar 2018). In health, education, and police, competencies are divided between the state and municipalities (Rakar and Virant 2019).…”

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Assessment of the Quality of Governance and Competitiveness at the Local Level: The Case of Slovenian Municipalities

Benčina

Kozjek

Rakar

2021

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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The article draws on research on the quality of governance and its impact on Slovenian municipalities’ competitiveness. It presents the research results guided by two hypotheses: “Municipalities with a higher quality of governance are more competitive” and “The assessments of the quality of governance in Slovenian municipalities vary more than the assessments of the quality of governance in EU regions”. Starting from the general idea of governance as an undirected network of vertical and horizontal relations supports the importance of the research on the quality of governance and public administration in the EU environment on the local, regional, and national levels. As the low quality of governance impacts divergence in cohesion, mainly less developed and catching-up EU countries should focus on the development of the quality of governance and competitiveness at the regional and local levels. According to the research results, the Slovenian municipalities form several groups according to the behavior measured by the correlation between the quality of governance and the level of competitiveness. Additionally, the international comparison indicates that the quality of governance measured in Slovenian municipalities varies at least as much as in the EU regions. The evidence supports the quest for further research on the quality of governance and competitiveness to understand the dynamics of the development at the local and regional levels and develop proposals for improvement and measures adapted to the needs and capacities of groups of municipalities with similar behavior.

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