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Debate #128 · Governance, civil service and public policy

Has decentralisation to local governments improved governance in Pakistan?

Asked 4 times · 4 years · Governance & Public Policies · Public Administration
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (4)PositionsSame themeIs Pakistan's bureaucracy a colonial steel frame or an agent of development?Is Pakistan's governance crisis rooted in weak institutions or in politics?Has Weber's bureaucratic model outlived its usefulness for modern public administration?
+2 moreCan performance-based HRM replace seniority and patronage in Pakistan's civil service?Does citizen and civil society participation improve policymaking in Pakistan?

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Examiners want: Decentralisation reforms since 2001, intergovernmental relations, merits and demerits of local government, and grassroots service delivery

The questions

2020
PMS · Public Administration · Evaluate

Define decentralization and its main types. Briefly discuss and evaluate major governance reforms in the direction of decentralization in Pakistan since the year 2001.

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2017
CSS · Governance & Public Policies · Explain

Write short notes on any three of the following:-

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2011
CSS · Public Administration · Recommend

Explain the concept of Good Governance. How can good governance ensure efficient and effective public service delivery at the grass roots level in Pakistan?

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2009
CSS · Public Administration · Discuss

Domestic Public policy is implemented not merely by government but by governments. The administration of a single Public Policy often involves a medley of funding sources and public administrators interacting through all the three levels of governments. Please comment on the strength of inter government relations i.e.: financial, legal, political and administrative relationships that exist among the various governments units of aid government in Pakistan.

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News about this debate watches for: devolution plan 2001, local government act, union council, district government, article 140a, nrb, local government elections, provincial finance commission, 18th amendment, intergovernmental relations, nfc award.