Decentralisation and the strengthening of local government reports and conclusions of the colloquy held in Cracow (Poland) on 13-14 April 1992. - Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1992 - 193p. 30cm. - (Local and Regional Authorities in Europe, no. 48) .

Bibliographies. Contnets incl: Criteria for establishing a link between decentralised powers and the financial resources made available to local authorities; Forms of local authority management which allow adequate control while reducing direct intervention by central authorities; Structures and functions of local authorities; How to reconcile in practice the concepts of decentralisation and balanced regional development.

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