No. 74: Local Governance

No. 74: Local Governance

Author(s): Katharina Hoffmann, Arman Melkonyan, Anar Valiyev, Michael Cecire
Editor(s): Denis Dafflon, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 74
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2015

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines local government in the three South Caucasus countries. In the article about Armenia, Katharina Hoffmann and Arman Melkonyan point out that reform prospects are murky and it is not clear whether the government's plans will actually strengthen local governments by giving them greater control over resources. In examining the situation in Azerbaijan, Anar Valiyev points out that the central government has made little progress in devolving power and that the country's local governments remain weak. Efforts to improve fiscal federalism are similarly stalled in Georgia, as Michael Cecire notes. In all three countries, the promise of moving government closer to the people has yet to be realized.
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