01447pab a2200217 454500 180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Mirian, Seyed Ali Asghar NGOs and local governance in Iran and India 2012 p.110-118. Jan - Mar The role of the local government is not restricted to only providing creation facilities to the citizens of a locality. Its educative role should also be emphasised. Actually, local government functions as an instrument of civic self-education. The country, the city and the towns are potential schools of citizenship. If local government performs these roles, it becomes local self-government. Urban governance links local governments with state and central governments vertically; and brings several sectoral divisions and field agencies into play. But it was not until the 1980s, that a wide debate began in many countries about the balance of power between national and local governments. During the 1980s, concern grew about the inability of many governments to deliver development programmes at the local level. - Reproduced. Local government - Iran Local government - India Nongovernmental organizations - Iran Nongovernmental organizations - India Local government Indian Journal of Public Administration N 96336 96336 96336 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 58, Issue no: 1 AR96796 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR