Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Czech Republic: A Public Finance Perspective
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy : the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0017 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2018-0017 |
| Keywords | inter-municipal cooperation; financial management; local government; Czech Republic |
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| Description | Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in the Czech Republic is common and flexible and is generally viewed as a means to reduce problems related to the highly fragmented local government structure. The paper utilizes financial and accounting data of public entities to evaluate the character and magnitude of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic. It concludes that the extent of public services provided based on the service contracts or through institutionalized forms of IMC is quite limited and that the majority of the IMC is somewhat informal and soft, e.g. exchange of experience and ad-hoc projects. |
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