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DECENTRALIZATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT MARDAN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).60      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).60      Published : Mar 2019

Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

    This article attempts to examine the relationship between decentralization and service delivery through an analysis of the performance of local governments established under the "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013" with respect to the delivery of basic social services. While exponents of decentralization often argue that the devolution of powers to the lower levels of government improves public service delivery through equity, productive efficiency, and cost recovery, the findings of this study evince that the effects of decentralization on service delivery are often contingent on the social and political dynamics prevalent within a given context.

    (1) Urfi Muhammad
    MPhil Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Sajjad Ali Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Ahmad Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Muhammad, U., Khan, S. A., & Ali, A. (2019). Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(I), 464-475. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).60

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    CHICAGO : Muhammad, Urfi, Sajjad Ali Khan, and Ahmad Ali. 2019. "Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I): 464-475 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).60

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    HARVARD : MUHAMMAD, U., KHAN, S. A. & ALI, A. 2019. Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 464-475.

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    MHRA : Muhammad, Urfi, Sajjad Ali Khan, and Ahmad Ali. 2019. "Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 464-475

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    MLA : Muhammad, Urfi, Sajjad Ali Khan, and Ahmad Ali. "Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.I (2019): 464-475 Print.

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    OXFORD : Muhammad, Urfi, Khan, Sajjad Ali, and Ali, Ahmad (2019), "Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I), 464-475

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    TURABIAN : Muhammad, Urfi, Sajjad Ali Khan, and Ahmad Ali. "Decentralization and Service Delivery: A Case Study of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 464-475. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).60