@phdthesis{theses_frw891,
            year = {2012},
          author = {E. Muga},
           title = {Institution building for Local government cooperation in decentralized Indonesia  (Case study: Local governments of Ngada and Nagekeo, Flores-Indonesia)},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/891/},
        abstract = {Decentralization in governance has been pursued by many countries over the recent decades in order to meet the demand of more and more complex structure of our society. In the end it is expected that more efficient and effective public goods and services allocation can be achieved. However, it is not always the case. This can be represented by the experience of Indonesia?s decentralization. 
This study finds that local government cooperation emerges as the result of the exempt a coordinative approach. Although such cooperation has less political support in the local realm, leaderships has played much role to the successful implementation. From the empirical analysis, this study also concludes that social and intellectual capital are crucial aspects in institution building of local government cooperation.
This study gives some recommendations on improvement of local government cooperation through improvement of national and local legal framework through implementation of multi-level governance and subsidiarity.}
}