Papers on the local governance system and its implementation. The current structure of the local government system is relatively new. Amalgamation, local government, jurisdiction size, system. A merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in a political or administrative sense, is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities, such as municipalities in other words cities, towns, etc. Local governments are not used as political tools by the government in power. The bill contains provisions to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 for local elections in wales and will extend the franchise to. Administrativeterritorial reform ministry of finance of. Local government in south africa is inundated with a variety of challenges including the inability to facilitate and enhance development in the communities under which the municipalities serve.
The empirical literature investigating the role of key features of local governments regarding decisions on consolidation tends to use a dummy dependent variable that takes 1 if both adjacent local governments decide to merge and 0 if one of them does not approve consolidation. Impact of local government reforms merger analysis a comprehensive analysis was undertaken to evaluate the impacts of the proposed local government reforms. For example, counties serve as the upperlocal level of local government below the state level in the us and in ireland, landkreise in germany. Largescale local governments are thought to favour local economic.
In conclusions, we can say that the local government in ghana is better than in nigeria. Both consolidation processes amalgamation and annexation produce. Government places a lot of emphasis on rural development and transparency in government. All journal articles featured in local government studies vol 46 issue 3. Key powers have been devolved to local governments to lead local economic development led initiatives with the constitution of the republic of south africa, act 108 of 1996 and the local. Under this estimation method, however, it is difficult to know which governments refused to consolidate, as.
Amongst other responsibilities, the local government is expected to stimulate economic growth and ensure local economic development. Top 10 articles about mergers and acquisitions in 2017. This article examines the effects on expenditure of municipal mergers that took. Why half the municipal governments disappear under a national. Introduction the existence of local government has always been defended on the basis that it is a crucial aspect of the process of democratization and intensification of mass participation in the decisionmaking process.
But prior to the consolidation, the princeton governments attempted to merge unsuccessfully three times over 40 years. When local governments merge, consolidate or make agreements. Pdf impact of municipal mergers on local population growth. These include quantified and nonquantified impacts, including. Italian spectacle frame maker, luxottica group spa, and french spectacle lens manufacturer, essilor international sa, have agreed to merge and the new group will be known as essilorluxottica. Uk government consults on merger of two local authority pension funds. Pdf the impact of municipal mergers on local public. Overview of local government mergers in estonia before 19962014 and during the reform 2017 21. Volume 46 2020 volume 45 2019 volume 44 2018 volume 43 2017 volume 42 2016 volume 41 2015 volume 40 2014 volume 39 20 volume 38 2012 volume 37 2011 volume 36 2010 volume 35 2009. Banadir regional administration bra is one of somali local governments founded in somali constitutional law by article number 48, 1b of the constitution15 of the federal republic of somalia. Developmental local government challenges and progress in. The uks ministry of housing, communities and local government mhclg has launched a consultation on the merger of the local authority pension funds for northumberland and tyne and wear, in.
Uk local authority pension fund merger gets goahead. Pdf factors influencing public service delivery in. This has led to some what stable macroeconomic stability in the country. The municipalities have to bear the costs of the mergers. This term is used when the process occurs within a sovereign entity. Currently 42 states constrain local fiscal authority through tax. Municipal mergers, journal of public administration research and theory.
Improvement in local government remains a high priority in most countries, but unless the relationship between citizens and government is more fully developed the actions of local government will. Why half the municipal governments disappear under a national mergers policy. Municipal consolidation and local government behavior. Unbalanced growth or outward expansion of one neighbor may. A unique dataset of japanese local governments both premerger and postmerger. Browse the list of issues and latest articles from local government studies. Luxottica and essilor merger to create by far the largest entity in eyewear. But these costs very much depend on how the individual municipalities and regions plan the processes. As the role of local governments in public sectors has grown, so too the. Uk ministry consults on merger of local authority schemes. A bill was introduced by the welsh government in november 2019 to reform local government in wales.