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1The transfer of authority from central to local government.
‘efforts to promote decentralization and reform of the national political party’
as modifier‘the government's decentralization programme’
‘He speaks about mutualism, localism, devolution and the decentralisation of power.’
‘This shows that devolution and decentralisation is the way of the future and I look forward to further initiatives under the Better Local Government programme.’
‘The 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution should be scrupulously enforced, paving the way for effective democratic decentralization.’
‘This is intended to help government and its partners clarify processes for the decentralisation process and build capacity for it.’
‘Decentralization has long been advocated by the political and economic elite in the West as a means of wrenching power from the more populous Eastern provinces.’
‘The government will begin implementing the regional autonomy and fiscal decentralization policy in January.’
‘On the fiscal policy, the board suggests that the government should manage public debt more efficiently and accelerate fiscal decentralization into local areas as much as possible.’
‘It advocates decentralisation, economic reforms, additional support for the less well-off and a return to the pacifism spelled out in the constitution.’
‘Questions of federalism and decentralization have dominated public debate across the country.’
‘The ministry of rural development is now testing its decentralisation plan - termed sector reform - on 70 million rural Indians.’
1.1The movement of departments of a large organization away from a single administrative centre to other locations.
‘the decentralization of business services’
‘He said effective decentralisation of resources and responsibilities was also important for growth.’
‘He is the least hostile of the civil and public service union leaders towards decentralisation, mainly because of his union's younger age profile.’
‘Kiltimagh is the ideal location for decentralisation of IT type projects.’
‘If we are to have a proper enterprise economy in the north and encourage decentralisation, we need to plan for it and prepare for it.’
‘The shift comes as the company continues to refine its operating style following a radical decentralization of marketing responsibility to five regional units.’
‘Moreover, managerial decentralisation and a shift in the locus of bargaining and power relations raises the prospect for trade union renewal at the state sector workplace.’
‘This restructuring and decentralisation plan simplifies our business, and will improve our focus, agility and control.’
‘Just how fast we can move towards industrial decentralisation cannot now be said.’
‘The Association should encourage the decentralisation of multinational companies to economic blackspots and areas that do not suffer from labour shortages.’
‘Representatives were unable to cope with the increasing discontent and conflict which arose from trust decentralisation, organisational restructuring and new managerial processes of control.’