The impact of decentralization on the administrative service delivery speed in different fields

Abstract

Using an analytical and documentary-based methodology, the objective of the study was to establish the relationship between the degree of decentralization and the speed of delivery of administrative services at the local level in different fields in European countries and Ukraine. The study involved indicators of the speed of delivery of administrative services (company registration, building permit and land registration) according to the World Bank’s Doing Business methodology. The relationship identified between the degree of decentralization and the speed of administrative service delivery at the local level was the basis for establishing that the time to register a company and obtain a building permit decreases as a function of the higher degree of decentralization. The time to register property increases as the degree of decentralization increases, which is partly explained by the complexity of the administrative procedure models and their duration. It is concluded that, a comparison of the speed of providing administrative services (business registration, construction permit, land registration) in Ukraine with the average indicator of a group of countries revealed significantly better results in Ukraine.