Compliance of devolution in local bodies (A study of Parsa District, Nepal)
Date
2017
Authors
Bhusal, Tara Prasad
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Department of Public Administration
Abstract
This Thesis entitled „Compliance of devolution in Local Bodies‟ is conducted in Parsa
District of Nepal.The main objective of this study is to explore the compliance of devolution
in local bodies in actual practice as mentioned in LSGAACT 1999. Decentralization follows
transfer of power and responsibility from center to region, sub-national and local levels.
Local self-governance is the means of autonomy through decentralization. Principle of
subsidiarity is the fundamental philosophy of it. Since 1960s, Nepal is practicing
decentralization in different ways up to now. This is made due to gap between theory and
practice. Whatever we have different legal and policy structure to apply the decentralization,
the application of it among different form like devolution is also not practiced in real field as
mentioned in LSGA ACT 1999. So, researcher has triedto explore the basic cause about it.
This study is based on the primary and secondary sources of information. Information
was collected through qualitative tools. The questionnaire was used and check list (Focus
Group Discussion) was used as a qualitative tool. Seven samples were taken randomly as
sample size and the respondents were DDC officials, NGOs, INGOs, CBOs representatives
and parliament members.
This study has been prepared in 5 different chapters. This study has focused on the
hypothesis testing in the variable of political initiation, bureaucratic commitment, monitoring
institution, financial resource availability and creating local environment. The result of the
study shows except financial resource availability and creating local environment, other
variables reflect the result that more than 70 percent compliance of devolution in local bodies
even though not hundred percent. Due to various factors, the application of devolution is
affected in real field. The financial resource availability variablehas been shown more than
sixty percent resource scarcity. This does not show compliance as we expected in policy.
Local environment is also hampering in local level activities day to day. The result of this
variable shows fifty percent non-compliance in field level during research findings.
So, it can be concluded that due to political weakwillingness to devolve the power,
low proactive commitment of bureaucrat, weak and ineffective monitoring system, scar of
financial resources as need in local demand and less supporting local environment for policy
implementation are the major reasons not to fully compliance of devolution as in policy.
Among them political initiation and other variables are the most important factor to increase
the compliance of devolution in the local bodies of Parsa District.
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Keywords
Local government, Decentralization, Planning policies