Centralization of Decentralized Governance - Evidence from West Bengal Panchayat
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Keywords
Democratic decentralization; participation; access; control; sustainable development; clientelism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
- R0 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2009-06-17 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CWA-2009-06-17 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-PBE-2009-06-17 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2009-06-17 (Positive Political Economics)
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