지방분권 수준 측정을 위한 지방분권 지표의개발과 적용

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Since decentralization is now being strongly emphasized and incrementally implemented by the Korean government, developing indices to measure the level of decentralization will be highly useful for policy making regarding decentralization and its implementation. The main purpose of this study is to develop decentralization indices and to measure the decentralization level of Korea using these indices. Instead of considering decentralization as a whole, this study divides decentralization into three aspects: organization and personnel, functional, and financial. Then, the indices are developed in terms of two dimensions: distribution between central and local governments, and the autonomy of distributed powers in each aspect. The AHP analytical technique is employed to set up the weightings for each aspect, dimension, and index. The result of measuring using the developed indices shows that the decentralization level in Korea has increased from 56.3% in 2002 to 58.8% in 2005. In detail, the level of organizational and personnel decentralization at 77.2% is the highest, the level of functional decentralization at 49.1% is next, and the financial decentralization level at 41.7% is the lowest

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