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Most countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus an Central Asia (EECCA) have engaged in a systematic devolution of responsibilities for the construction and maintenance of urban environmental infrastructure to subnational levels of government. As owners of the communal service infrastructure, municipalities are responsible for its rehabilitation, modernisation, and development. Now, devolution of responsibilities needs to be matched by ensuring access to the financial resources needed to implement the new mandates assigned to local and regional jurisdictions...
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Although there is diversity in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), most EECCA countries have engaged in a systematic devolution of responsibilities for the construction and maintenance of urban environmental infrastructure to sub-sovereign levels of government (see Annex I). As owners of the communal service infrastructure, municipalities are responsible for its rehabilitation, modernisation, and development. Armenia and Tajikistan are notable exceptions.
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According to the law on Administrative-Territorial Division of the Republic of Armenia (AR), Armenia is divided into ten marzes (regions) and the capital city of Yerevan, which has the status of a marz. Each marz is subdivided into rural and urban communities (930 in total), and Yerevan is subdivided into 12 district communities. The marzes vary widely in terms of size and population. Yerevan is the smallest by far in area, at about 230 sq km, but has the largest population, at over 1 million.
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