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municipialities

Economy

Bulgaria’s Reform May Be Swept Under Rug Once Again

Petar Ganev and IME/March 10, 2022

In the last weeks, we saw debates between the state and the municipalities, which discussed options to increase the resources for local development, but once again these evolved in the direction of centralized solutions.

Politics, Society

Gerrymandering: Polish Style aka Law and Justice’s Great Warsaw Project

Adam Szlapka and Projekt Polska/March 7, 2017August 7, 2017 /Leave a comment

Law and Justice found a solution to how to seize power in Warsaw in 2018. The party proposed to create so-called Great Warsaw by adding 32 surrounding municipalities to the city. New Warsaw will have area bigger than Paris or London.

Economy

The Discredited Decentralization

Yavor Alexiev and IME/July 12, 2016 /Leave a comment

Just a year after the topic of fiscal decentralization briefly entered the public debate in Bulgaria, the political volition for taking actual steps in this direction seems exhausted. The government stifles to a large extent the initiative of local authorities.

Economy

Redistribution of Intra-Budgetary Funds Across Municipalities

LFMI/July 9, 2015July 31, 2015 /Leave a comment

Intra-budgetary redistribution of the Personal Income Tax in Lithuania is aimed at providing financial support for economically weaker municipalities. The present analysis is aimed at measuring level differences of intra-budgetary redistribution of the Personal Income Tax across municipalities as well as identifying the major problems created by this process.

Economy, Politics

The Growth of Municipal Administrations Versus the Demographic Decline

LFMI/July 9, 2015August 29, 2017 /Leave a comment

Under the European Charter of Local Self-Government, the internal administrative structure and the resources of the governments should correspond to the needs of the local population as well as ensure effective governance. However, statistical data shows the growth of municipal bureaucracy despite demographic decline.

Economy

Impact Differences of the Reform of Allocation of Social Allowances Across Municipalities

LFMI/July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Following 2014 reforms, municipalities allocate social allowances by performing municipal, rather than the state function. This reform was aimed at achieving more transparent and targeted social benefit allocation process by decreasing the volume of improper or inappropriate payments.

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