The Integration of Administrative and Fiscal Decentralization: The Case of Albania

Englantina Gjini
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Englantina Gjini: University of Trento

Chapter 9 in Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe, 2013, pp 151-163 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The process of decentralization is an important element of local democracy and local development as it involves an overall effort to increase the powers and resources of the local government. The basis of this process is set out in the European Charter of Local Self-Government, which stipulates that public responsibilities ought to be carried out by authorities that are ‘closest to the citizens’ (CoE, 1985).1 Decentralization relates to the fiscal, political and administrative framework in which different levels of government operate. It disperses power geographically and institutionally across different tiers of government, ideally creating more favourable circumstances for the exercise of local autonomy and greater responsiveness to local preferences.

Keywords: Local Government; Central Government; Fiscal Decentralization; Local Autonomy; Decentralization Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137295651_9

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