Current trends toward the decentralization of responsibility for natural resource management to provincial governments may provide a useful institutional context for the establishment of some of these smaller, but nonetheless critical reserves [ 94].
Because of the decentralization of responsibilities and financial resources, the distribution of staff housing does not depend exclusively on provincial or national health administrations (MISAU, 2012c) and is therefore not potentially correlated with the patterns of service use.
This is particularly true during health sector reform or decentralization as responsibilities and decision-making are often shifted onto individuals without prior management experience [ 1, 2, 6, 12].
Along with decentralization of financial responsibility for managing health care, state funding for health care declined rapidly.
The decentralization of primary responsibility for TSS to the Regional and Sub-regional Offices is evident from Chart 2.4.
Since the early 1990s, many countries have promoted decentralized environmental governance as part of a broader trend toward the decentralization of governmental responsibilities; this decentralization is designed to improve effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and democracy.
Although there is a consensus that economic liberalization and decentralization of administrative responsibilities explain the urban changes, it is not clear whether or not actual economic and population growth is the only cause of urban expansion.
Of particular importance is the principle of decentralization which pushes responsibilities down to the commune council levels and the decision that preschools should be funded locally, not centrally, except in areas of special hardship.
The values in the original statement are: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Personal and Social Responsibility, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community-based Economics, Postpatriarchal Values, Respect for Diversity, Global Responsibility, and Future Focus.
Despite this decentralization of authority and responsibility, the Swiss Federal legislation provides a useful overview for the evolution of societal goals over time (Table 1).
