This book aims to provide a firmer conceptual basis for the re-arrangement of public functions across levels of
government. In doing so, it offers practical advice for policy makers from developing and emerging countries and
development cooperation practitioners engaged in such activity.
Chapters include:
Introduction: Who does what? The Practice of Functional
Assignment in Multilevel Governance;
1. The Context of Functional Assignment – Decentralization, Multi-Level Governance and the Quest for Impact;
2. Basic Concepts in Functional Assignment;
3. The Conceptual and Legal Architecture of SNG Functions;
4. The Process of Functional Assignment;
5. The Political Economy of Functional Assignment;
6. Country Case Studies in Functional Assignment in Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan);
7. Functional Assignment Challenges and How to Address Them
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