Examining local governments’ predicament in the restructuring of provincially directly managed counties

Tong Su ,Rozita binti Abdul Mutalib

doi:10.24294/jipd8393

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Examining local governments’ predicament in the restructuring of provincially directly managed counties

Tong Su

Rozita binti Abdul Mutalib

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2024, 8(16); https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd8393

Submitted：05 Aug 2024

Accepted：11 Sept 2024

Published：19 Dec 2024

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difficulties local governments face as a result of the province directly managing county system reform. It reveals the various challenges faced by local governments under the provincial directly managed county reform through a thorough analysis of the history, rationale, and implementation of the reform along with pertinent literature reviews and case studies. It is discovered that the county reform, which is directly governed by the province, has not only significantly altered the functions and organizational structure of local governments, but it has also made their resource allocation, financial strain, and brain drain problems worse. To help local governments deal with the difficulties in the province-directly governed county reform, related remedies, and solutions are finally proposed to handle these issues.

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