This article highlights the challenges to service delivery by the Katima Mulilo Town Council
(KTMC) in Namibia, through emphasising the role of leadership and importance of good …

A large literature on urban politics documents the connection between metropolitan
fragmentation and inequality. This article situates the United States comparatively to explore …

Various strategic plans compiled by the local levels of government seek to advance the
need to integrate strategic planning frameworks and improve service delivery and related …

This study proposes a form of governance of sub‐district public services based on the
geography of the Maluku archipelago in Indonesia. Using qualitative research, data were …

Municipal amalgamations are commonly undertaken with promises of scale effects. But
territorial reforms also invoke issues of local identity and democracy, which may be …

This article investigates how municipalities choose their organizational arrangements for
delivering early childhood services and the interplay among the regional framework, local …

A low‐level of citizens' satisfaction with public services is one of the central issues in
developing countries, including Indonesia. Attempts have been made to investigate factors …

To meet the various needs of its people, a country will carry out public services so that then
goods, services, and various administrative services needed can be fulfilled. This certainly …

Service delivery is seen as the act of providing citizens with basic amenities of electricity,
water, housing, etc. by the government of any nation. However, this has been viewed to be …

The fiscal decentralization literature explores the efficient structure of local governments.
However, little consideration has been given to the efficient structure of rural local …