Brown, Trevor L. <br/><br/>
Contracting out by local governments in transitioning nations: the role of technical assistance in Ukraine 

 -  2001 
 - p.728-55 
 - Jan 
<br/><br/> This article examines the factors that promote and inhibit contracting out by local governments in transitioning nations.  Specifically, this article analyzes the effect of a variety of factors on the decision by Ukrainian local governments to contract out public services.  The article uses Logit techniques to analyze the results of a 72-city survey undertaken in Ukraine in 1997 and 1998.  Analysis of the data indicates that the presence of a technical assistance program in particular increases the likelihood that a local government will engage in contracting out.  The findings also demonstrate the importance of factors identified by contracting out models of local governments in advanced industrialized contexts. - Reproduced 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technical cooperation - Ukraiane<br/>Local government - Ukraine<br/>Local government