A very important pillar of democracy is the involvement of citizens in the political decision-
making process. The change from" government" to" governance", which has been also …

This article provides the first comparison of public sector efficiency in and beyond transition.
We compare the comprehensive efficiency scores of 202 local governments in the Czech …

This article explores to what extent strategic planning is important for the implementation of
co-creation, the process through which public authorities solve problems with partners …

Public procurement markets are worth 10–15% of global GDP. Recent empirical evidence
suggests that firms' political donations can induce important distortions in the allocation of …

Decentralization can be generally described as a process in which selected functions are
assigned to sub-national units. The literature identifies a number of positive consequences …

Local authorities' financial resources should be commensurate with the competences
provided for by the law. However, in most countries, representatives of local self …

The global economic crisis had a significant impact on the fiscal stance of local government
units. The literature discusses this issue by explaining that financial crises change budget …

European countries have been continuously under the pressure to improve public balances
and efficiency of public spending. Economic crisis which started during 2007 weakened …

The objective of this article is to determine whether the revenues from regional (county)
taxes in the Republic of Croatia are sufficient to finance current regional expenditures, and if …

Purpose–Public-private partnership (PPP) growth is often related to infrastructure
development needs and public debt increase. Despite huge infrastructure (re) construction …