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Good Governance & Local Government in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Mudalige, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-05-30T10:07:06Z
dc.date.available 2019-05-30T10:07:06Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Mudalige, P. (2015). Good Governance & Local Government in Sri Lanka. Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.P.19 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/20279
dc.description.abstract This paper concerned good governance & local government in Sri Lanka.Local government is the part of the government which deals mainly local affairs, administered by authorities subordinate to the state government but elected independently by the qualified residents. Modern democratic system is the most appropriate system from the point of view of good governance. Good governance is seen to bring in happiness and welfare of the people. It also associated with efficient and effective administration in a democratic in framework. With this there will be effective measures to prevent and combat corruption, support for leadership development, sharing the lover level power, empower men and women &decision making. Sri Lanka is a republic and a unitary governed by a semi presidential system. Sri Lanka has a long history in practicing local government system. Local government is the third and lowest level of government in Sri Lanka after the central government and Provincial councils. They are responsible for the providing a variety of local public services. Local authorities are divided into three deference groups Municipal Council. Urban Council &PradeshiyaSabha. Both primary and secondary data are used in the study. Primary data have been collected through methods such as questionnaire survey, key informant interview, focus group interview, and were collected via observation, Sources of secondary information include project reports, official documents and published research reports . The Study was done with reference to Uwa and Western provinces in local authorities. The study for qualitative and quantitative methods used en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject good governance en_US
dc.subject local government en_US
dc.subject local authorities en_US
dc.subject semi presidential system en_US
dc.title Good Governance & Local Government in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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