OECD Multi-level Governance Studies Linking Regions and Central Governments Contracts for Regional Development

A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "e;go it alone"e;. Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique analytic framework for assessing multi-level governance arrangements, which is subsequently applied to five c...