Unlike Thailand (possibly the most successful example of decentralisation in Southeast Asia) (1), local authorities in Indonesia are not required to demonstrate sufficient capacity and commitment before receiving greater autonomy under decentralisation.
The district government of Jembrana is recognised as an example of one which has deployed most of its budget and has provided successful innovation in its health services following decentralisation.
If we wished to find a minimal common denominator, we could maintain that political decentralisation, as a sort of decentralisation category became established in the post liberal phase of the State, evolving out of administrative decentralisation, which originated during the Jacobin State phase in France and characterised the Napoleonic period.
Was it a betrayal of decentralisation and localism?
In the early 1990s oil-rich Tatarstan became a symbol of decentralisation in Russia.
Instead, in a triumph of decentralisation, the scale of library cuts will depend upon local levels of councillor-philistinism.
So, there is a programme of decentralisation, of hope, and above all of realism and truth to experience.
Normally, he is a fan of decentralisation, and the Democratic legislature is the one trying to consolidate things in Little Rock.
A reasonable degree of decentralisation, however, is unavoidable in a country as fragmented as Afghanistan.
The crypto-collateralised model has the benefit of decentralisation, as the collateral is held in a smart contract which does not require trust in a central party.
Alan Milburn, health secretary until 2003, wrote a newspaper article this week in favour of decentralisation.
