Managing County Assets and Liabilities in Kenya: Postdevolution Challenges and Responses

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1880-6

Publication:
Managing County Assets and Liabilities in Kenya: Postdevolution Challenges and Responses

dc.contributor.author	Kopanyi, Mihaly
dc.contributor.author	Muwonge, Abdu
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-09T13:29:59Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-09T13:29:59Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	Public entities around the world possess an enormous volume of assets and wealth, which includes land, buildings, historic sites, parks, and infrastructure networks, among many others. Good management of such assets is a catalyst for accelerating development and expanding services; poor asset management generates enormous losses, including lost opportunities to build wealth. Private enterprises increasingly use computerized systems to manage assets such as fleets and buildings. Many city leaders in developing countries, however, are unaware of asset management or feel they lack the time or money to undertake it. Managing County Assets and Liabilities in Kenya: Postdevolution Challenges and Responses can help them begin or maintain their efforts to manage assets sustainably. This book helps readers understand the basic concept of asset management; explains systems, tools, and procedures; and provides models and guidance. Kenya has achieved much since its 2013 devolution of governance and management to new counties. However, counties, which are the local governments in Kenya, are still working toward establishing systems and procedures, creating asset and liability registers, verifying and valuing assets, using assets strategically, and resolving disputes surrounding inherited assets and liabilities. This book provides glimpses into the Kenyan devolution process and asset transfer challenges, draws lessons, and explores options relevant to both Kenya and other nations. Ample studies discuss various aspects of municipal asset management, such as managing infrastructure, fixed assets, water services, building properties, roads, or fleets. This book is unique among asset management studies in three ways: it discusses all sorts of assets and liabilities and their interlinkages, exemplifies the close connection between financial results and asset management of municipalities, and reveals the political economy challenges in transferring assets and liabilities across public entities.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1880-6
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1880-6
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37985
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC : World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	International Development in Focus;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	ASSET MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	COUNTY CONTEXT
dc.subject	TRANSITION
dc.subject	DEVOLUTION
dc.subject	LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISPUTED ASSETS
dc.subject	LIABILITIES
dc.title	Managing County Assets and Liabilities in Kenya	en
dc.title.subtitle	Postdevolution Challenges and Responses	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Managing County Assets and Liabilities in Kenya: Postdevolution Challenges and Responses
okr.date.disclosure	2022-09-09
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T12:10:05.769553Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.guid	099312009122240294
okr.guid	099318109122248495
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1880-6
okr.identifier.report	175896
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Kenya
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Financial Economics
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Macroeconomic Management
okr.unit	AWMSL