Central-Local Relations in Asia-Pacific

A source of perennial tension in states is the degree to which decision-making power and authority should be concentrated in central institutions and individuals. At present the conventional wisdom of central-local relations has swung in favour of decentralisation. This book investigates whether such convergence is taking place through detailed examination in Asia-Pacific. The results of the survey reveal a complex picture in which divergence is still evident in the region's patterns of central-local relations.

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ROLF GERRITSEN Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Regional and Local Government Studies, University of Canberra DAVID HULME Professor of Development Studies, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester PATRICK KEULEERS Resident Advisor in Lao PDR on the country's Public Administration Project PETER LARMOUR Director of the Development Administration, National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University R.J. MAY Senior Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University LANGSY SIBOUNHEUANG Acting Director, Department of Public Administration in the Office of the Prime Minister of Lao PDR NOORE ALAM SIDDIQUEE Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia SAUT SITUMORANG Senior Official, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs THAVEEPORN VASAVAKUL WATHANA WONGSEKIARTTIRAT Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Chulalongkorn University.

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List of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices Preface Notes on Contributors Central-Local Relations: Getting the Right Balance; M.Turner Central-Local Relations and Responsibilities in Bangladesh Experiments with the Organization, Management and Delivery of Services; D.Hulme & N.A.Siddiquee Beyond Integration? The Need to Decentralize Central-Regional/Local Relations in Indonesia; R.Gerritsen & S.Situmorang Central-Local Relations in Thailand: Bureaucratic Centralism and Democratization; W.Wongsekiarttirat Philippines: From Centralism to Localism; M.Turner Decentralization in Papua New Guinea: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; R.J.May Scale and Governance in the South Pacific; P.Larmour Rethinking the Philosophy of Central-Local Relations in Post-Central Planning Vietnam; T.Vasavakul Central-Local Relations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Historic Overview, Current Situation and Trends; P.Keuleers and L.Sibounheuang Conclusion: Learning from the Case-Studies; M.Turner Index