Decentralization and Regional Development Study
The study will analyze, among others, the following aspects:
(i) Historical background on the Panamanian State configuration and of its system of political organizational.
(ii) Analysis of Panama's legal framework and of the structure of its intergovernmental relations and regional development strategies, considering political, fiscal and administrative aspects. The analysis will include the identification and profiling of all levels of government, the electoral mechanisms, the fiscal competencies, the intergovernmental transferences mechanisms, the competencies sharing, and the intergovernmental coordination mechanisms.
(iii) Presentation of the fiscal information available (revenue, expenditures, indebtedness) of all levels of Government, analyzing regional disparities.
(iv) Analysis of the current regional development policies.
(v) Array of options available to impulse a model of decentralization and regional development adapted to the country's idiosyncrasy, enhancing fiscal co-responsibility and transparency.
(vi) Alternatives to develop in the short, medium and long term a structured and formal model of intergovernmental relations adequate to the principles of local autonomy, granting macroeconomic and fiscal stability.

Project Detail

Country

Panama

Project Number

PN-T1061

Approval Date

December 16, 2008

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE

Subsector

DECENTRALIZATION & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Category C: Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

EUR 55,166.00

Country Counterpart Financing

EUR 0.00

Original Amount Approved

EUR 55,166.00
Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/FG-11408-PN Sovereign Guaranteed USD - European Euro Spanish Framework - General Cooperation Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/FG-11408-PN
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - European Euro
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Spanish Framework - General Cooperation
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable