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Comment
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| Outsource key services to improve efficiency
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Could be a decision taken by specific cities
Cannot solve fundamental institutional issues
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| Have a directly-elected Mayor accountable to people
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Key component of comprehensive solution Needs to be supplemented by other changes
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| Give more autonomy to the Municipal Government
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Key component of comprehensive solution
Needs to be supplemented by other changes
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| Do away with multiple agencies, consolidate all authority under Municipal Government
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Key component of comprehensive solution
Significant legacy issues, as well as reasonable arguments for special agencies
A transitional alternative could demand formal coordination with local governments
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| Give greater role to Community Based Orga nisations (CBOs) in decision-making
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CBOs are informal groups, cannot be vested with political authority
However, citizen (voter) participation needs to be a key component of comprehensive solution
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| Break large Municipality into smaller Local Governments
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Opposing ideas, driven by specific local conditions
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| Create a single Metropolitan Government for a region
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While re-jurisdictioning will help, it will not solve fundamental issues
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| Establish a State-level authority to oversee large cities
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Not constitutional: decentralisation irreversible
Not necessarily efficient; state can coordinate
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| Declare large cities as Union Territories
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Not constitutional
Not politically feasible |
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| Use technology for city management and transparency
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Cannot solve fundamental institutional issues
Part of the solution
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| Hire a professional CEO to run the City Government
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Solutions cannot undermine politics & democracy
Could be a decision taken by city political leadership
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