Social funds and decentralisation: optimal institutional design

Faguet, Jean-Paul; Wietzke, Frank-Borge

doi:10.1002/pad.413

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“…Over the past 20 years it is estimated that between five and ten billion dollars has been channelled through such social funds. Evaluations have generally confirmed that the approach is effective in reaching poor communities and improving access to services and facilities (Faguet and Wietze ). Available evidence indicated an unexpected capacity of local authorities and community organisations to manage the funding (Rawlings et al.…”

Section: Summary Of International Literature On Public Finance Managementioning

confidence: 94%

The Impact of Funding Modalities on the Performance of Indigenous Organisations

2016

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Governments’ choice of funding modality can produce powerful incentives for organisations to perform in preferred ways, but it can also divert limited resources, narrow accountability, and undermine capability. Through literature review and interviews, the research explored the international literature on public finance management in developing country contexts, and compared this to case studies of Indigenous organisations. The situation in Australia was found to differ in three ways: (1) performance indicators are imposed, rather than negotiated; (2) few existing public funding modalities reward performance or provide incentives; and (3) funding arrangements do not generally require receiving organisations to be accountable to their constituents. Stability and durability of funding modalities, and clarity in functions and jurisdictional boundaries, were also found to positively influence performance. Further research is required to design new performance frameworks that build around the organisation, rather than the grant, with indicators of governance capability and downward accountability to constituents.

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Section: Summary Of International Literature On Public Finance Managementioning

confidence: 94%

The Impact of Funding Modalities on the Performance of Indigenous Organisations

2016

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“…The general idea behind decentralization is that at local level there is more knowledge about the circumstances and needs of the local population, which should lead to better services [1][2][3][4][5][6], that are organized more efficiently [5] and lead to a better accountability [7]. However, there may be unexpected and even negative effects [8][9][10], such as an uneven geographical distribution of financial, human, and supply resources; local governments may pursuit their own specific interests, making it difficult to establish and achieve national priorities and in practice the public appears to have less influence in decision making and assessing priorities as expected [6,11].…”

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(De)centralization of social support in six Western European countries

2012

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“…In essence, the discussion centres on the form and extent of councils' upwards and downwards accountability (Fauget and Wietzke, 2006). 6 The following accountability mechanisms are highlighted in the literature.…”

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The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

Schou¹,

Tsoka²

2010

J of Intl Development

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This paper analyses demand-driven development programmes and spatial equality. If focuses on two programme design aspects that are assumed to have a bearing on equality: the degree to which they are demand-driven and the degree to which they are integrated in to local councils' operations. The lesson from Malawi is that the demand-driven logic matters; the most demand-driven programme had the most unequal spatial sharing of benefits among sub-district units. The level of integration, however, was less significant. Because of weak downwards accountability there was no more equality concern in the most integrated programmes than in the loosely integrated one. These findings illustrate that equality improvement depends on not only design factors but on the accountability of the programmes to the wider community. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Social funds and decentralisation: optimal institutional design

Abstract: Social funds and decentralisation : optimal institutional designOriginally published in Public administration and development, 26 (4

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

The Impact of Funding Modalities on the Performance of Indigenous Organisations

The Impact of Funding Modalities on the Performance of Indigenous Organisations

(De)centralization of social support in six Western European countries

The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

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