Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs

Based on a data set of 217 communities in Armenia, this paperstudies the choice of priority directions in local development programs in theyears 2003–2005. The scope of programs is presented and discussed relative togood practices in local development. It is shown that a disproportionately highshare...

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Main Author: Mavisakalyan, Astghik
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46716
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description Based on a data set of 217 communities in Armenia, this paperstudies the choice of priority directions in local development programs in theyears 2003–2005. The scope of programs is presented and discussed relative togood practices in local development. It is shown that a disproportionately highshare of programs is directed at improving local infrastructures, against theprinciples of good practices. Furthermore, the responsiveness to community needsof local development programs is explored for the case of drinking waterinfrastructure projects. This paper provides suggestive evidence for programresponsiveness, which further increases with an increase in newspaper circulationin a community.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-467162017-09-13T14:08:48Z Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs Mavisakalyan, Astghik Armenia Local government Local development Based on a data set of 217 communities in Armenia, this paperstudies the choice of priority directions in local development programs in theyears 2003–2005. The scope of programs is presented and discussed relative togood practices in local development. It is shown that a disproportionately highshare of programs is directed at improving local infrastructures, against theprinciples of good practices. Furthermore, the responsiveness to community needsof local development programs is explored for the case of drinking waterinfrastructure projects. This paper provides suggestive evidence for programresponsiveness, which further increases with an increase in newspaper circulationin a community. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46716 10.1007/s11300-013-0263-9 Springer restricted
spellingShingle Armenia
Local government
Local development
Mavisakalyan, Astghik
Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title_full Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title_fullStr Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title_full_unstemmed Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title_short Development Priorities in an Emerging Decentralized Economy: The Case of Armenia’s Local Development Programs
title_sort development priorities in an emerging decentralized economy: the case of armenia’s local development programs
topic Armenia
Local government
Local development
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46716