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100			_aLaquian, Aprodicio A.
245			_aMetropolitan governance reform in Asia
260			_c2005
300			_ap.307-15.
362			_aOct
520			_aGovernance reforms in Asian city-regions have sought to achieve efficient delivery of urban services as well as greater people's participation in decision-making. Structural reforms have taken the form of unified metropolitan governance or tiered metroplitan structures imposed by higher levels of government. Significant success has been achieved in area-wide regional planning and in coordination of area-wide services such as transport, water and sanitation, and solid waste disposal. Social reforms including decentralisation of powers to local units have been hampered by strong traditions of local autonomy, particularistic politics and graft and corruption. With a few exceptions, civil society groups have not had much influence on metropolitan governance reforms in Asia. - Reproduced.
650			_aDecentralization - Asia
650			_aLocal government - Asia
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a67439
999			_c67439 _d67439