Policy Implementation Deviation of Grass-roots Government and Correction Countermeasures from the Perspective of Principal-Agent
Journal: Modern Economics & Management Forum DOI: 10.32629/memf.v6i5.4530
Abstract
The effective implementation of policies is the key for the government to achieve its governance goals. As the front line of policy implementation, the efficiency and quality of grass-roots governments directly affect the policy effect. However, the grass-roots level is faced with difficulties such as perfunctory, substitution, mechanical implementation and slow implementation, which leads to the deviation of policy results and objectives, and brings difficulties to policy implementation. Therefore, based on the principal-agent theory, this paper aims to analyze the causes and influencing factors of policy implementation deviations of grass-roots governments, and propose targeted corrective countermeasures to promote the effective implementation of policies.
Keywords
Policy implementation deviation; Entrusting agent; Grass-roots government
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