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De Bercegol, R &#38; Gowda, S.A paper presented at:The Sixth Urban Research and Knowledge Symposium 2012 Cities of Tomorrow: Framing Future, A Symposium organized by The World Bank in partnership with the City of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain, 8-10 October 2012Summary: This paper summarizes the major findings of a recent PhD thesis which analysed the new political and technical arrangements in small town governance in the aftermath of decentralisation reforms in India. Various research projects have dealt with these subjects in rural areas and large metropolises but little attention has been paid to the same issues in smaller urban settlements. By analyzing government reorganization, this report aims to present the institutional building of small municipalities in India. Based on empirical research in Uttar Pradesh, it will examine the incentives faced by local officials to ensure effective management of their towns. It will study the reorganization of powers and responsibilities between municipal institutions and traditional public actors in order to assess the impact of this transformation on access to municipal services within and between towns.Download the full paper