Role Of Municipal Governments Research Articles

Направления муниципальной политики в сельском развитии

The article is focused on the role of municipal government in the framework of the development policy of rural territories of Russia. The aim of this work is to determine the main vectors of improving the existing concepts of rural development in the country through an analytical review of theoretical and methodological research of Russian scientists. As a result of the study, the author highlights the problem of lack of stability in the structure of financing rural development, as well as the insufficient emphasis of researchers and government on the role of the agricultural sector in the state economy.

Descentralización subnacional, autonomía y disparidades fiscales en Brasil

Este trabajo es un estudio aplicado de finanzas públicas subnacionales enfocado en los aspectos de descentralización, autonomía e incidencia fiscal territorial en Brasil. Se presentan mediciones y estimaciones de descentralización, autonomía e igualdad territorial de oportunidades (de gastos, ingresos propios y transferencias) en el sector subnacional y se evalúa el impacto regional de políticas fiscales alternativas. Los resultados muestran que los Estados y Municipalidades son un conjunto muy heterogéneo, que existen fuertes desequilibrios fiscales horizontales, que las transferencias tienen un componente distributivo que los atenúan, pero no los compensan totalmente, y que puede esperarse un rol creciente de los gobiernos municipales.

Local Governments and the Crown's Duty to Consult

Do municipal governments embody the Crown to the extent that they owe a duty to consult with Indigenous groups when a local government decision might detrimentally impact Aboriginal rights? The authors point to two legal trends: jurisprudential recognition of administrative bodies’ ability to satisfy the duty in certain circumstances, and the expansion of the scope and role of municipal governments. The authors argue that when a province creates local governments with broad powers, the exercise of the powers conferred on the municipal governments are still subject to constitutional limits, such as the duty to consult. The article also highlights policy and practical considerations in support of this argument.

社会保障制度改革と自治体行財政の課題( 社会保障改革と地方自治体 : 2015年問題の現状)

社会保障制度改革と自治体行財政の課題( 社会保障改革と地方自治体 : 2015年問題の現状)

林業・森林政策の新たな展開と山村問題の焦点(統一テーマ:林政の転換と市町村の役割,1998年秋季大会論文)

林業・森林政策の新たな展開と山村問題の焦点(統一テーマ:林政の転換と市町村の役割,1998年秋季大会論文)

市町村林政の可能性(統一テーマ:林政の転換と市町村の役割,1998年秋季大会論文)

市町村林政の可能性(統一テーマ:林政の転換と市町村の役割,1998年秋季大会論文)

Rethinking the Role of Municipal Governments on Redistribution in Ontario, Canada

Welfare assistance is the responsibility of provincial governments in Canada; nonetheless, municipal government has traditionally had more flexibility in administrating the welfare assistance program at the local level. This article argues that such flexibility should be encouraged and legitimatized legally in order to help alleviating the national poverty problem in local context.

New York City's broadband problem and the role of municipal government in promoting a private-sector solution

Broadband technology has made the world ‘flat’ so that anyone with a laptop computer can compete in the global economy. Many countries have implemented policies to quickly expand broadband penetration and adoption rates as well as encourage the development of higher-speed services. But the United States is falling behind, primarily due to the U.S. government's failure to implement policies that promote competition in the areas of affordable access and quality of service. The situation in New York City is a microcosm of this problem: most residents have only one or two service providers from which to choose, and many are unable to afford the service. It is recommended that the municipal government of New York City implement policies that facilitate competition in the broadband market so all residents, nonprofit organizations, and businesses have access to affordable broadband and other advanced communications technologies.

Political dimensions to leisure and cultural activities in Canadian cities, 1880–1940

Under what circumstances did Canadian municipalities, charged with ensuring the existence of services which encouraged the development of real property, come to be involved in the field of culture and leisure? By examining the process through which the Municipal Library and the Botanical Garden were established in Montreal, this article attempts to answer this question. Because these projects constituted precedents in relation to the usual areas of Canadian municipal intervention, they provoked vigorous debate. Each in their own way, the projects served to call into question the definition of public culture and the democratization of knowledge. They also raised the equally contentious issue of the role of municipal government in the fields of leisure and culture.

Problems of Regional Network on the River Basin Management System : Focusing on a case of Abashiri, Hokkaido(The Role of Municipal Government in the Transition Period of Forest Policy, Articles for the Symposium in October, 1998)

Problems of Regional Network on the River Basin Management System : Focusing on a case of Abashiri, Hokkaido(The Role of Municipal Government in the Transition Period of Forest Policy, Articles for the Symposium in October, 1998)

The role of municipal government in the protection of historic centres in Latin American cities

The role of municipal government in the protection of historic centres in Latin American cities discusses the current and potential role of municipal government in reversing the deterioration in historic centres. It also outlines a new approach to conservation which can be implemented despite existing resource constraints. Central to this approach is a strategy for each centre which both addresses the needs and priorities of the many poor inhabitants and makes full use of the central location, commercial vitality and tourist appeal. Constructive" conservation gives as much importance to the social and political lives of the inhabitants as to the protection and rehabilitation of buildings.

Municipal Governments and City Planning and Management in Nigeria

With the increasingly rapid urban growth in Nigeria in recent decades, and with its consequent multiplication and complication of the urban problems of traffic and transport, housing, health, and sanitation, the need for a more purposeful planning and management of cities has come to attract increased public policy attention. The institutional and organizational setting for city planning and management, particularly the role of municipal governments in these activities, still remain colonial and therefore ill-suited to the demands of present urban developments. City planning and management responsibilities are so fragmented among so many institutions and organizations that the municipal local governments have had very little authority over what happens in the city. The overlapping responsibilities of the various institutions make for conflicts and the net result is general inefficiency in the planning and management of many cities. The recent (1976) Local Government Reforms which aimed at decentralizing some functions from the state and federal governments to local governments do not seem to have altered the weak position of municipal governments in city planning and city management matters. The aim of this paper is to put the origin of the weak position of municipal governments in city planning and management into political and historical perspective. It also seeks to argue that until city planning and management responsibilities are centralized on strong, autonomous municipal governments, headed by popularly elected urban chief executives, the present chaos in Nigerian cities is likely to continue.