Agencification reforms aimed at reducing centralised control and enhancing efficiency by creating arm's‐length autonomous agencies. This paper examines the creation of District Development Authorities (DDA) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). DDAs are typical agencification reforms seeking to empower local governments with greater administrative and financial authority. Using a principal‐agent framework, the experiences of the two DDAs in East New Britain, Kokopo, and Rabaul highlight some of the key challenges and strategies in implementing agencification reforms. Findings of the study revealed that the DDAs in East New Britain adapted the new system while retaining some aspects of the older system, which helped in navigating through the structural changes and the multiple principal‐agent relationships. As a key component of agencification process, these DDAs have also started engaging in revenue generation activities. Such economic activities have the potential to shift the dominant principal‐agent relationship from the national to the local level.

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实施女性化改革的动态与紧张：巴布亚新几内亚地区发展当局的经验

老龄化改革旨在通过建立独立的自治机构来减少集中控制并提高效率。本文研究了在巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）建立的地区发展局（DDA）。DDA是典型的老龄化改革，旨在赋予地方政府更大的行政和财政权力。在新英格兰东部，科科波和拉包尔这两个DDA的委托代理框架下，他们的经验凸显了实施老龄化改革的一些关键挑战和战略。研究结果表明，新不列颠东部的DDA在保留旧系统某些方面的同时适应了新系统，这有助于在结构变化和多个委托人与代理之间进行导航。作为老龄化过程的关键组成部分，这些DDA也已开始从事创收活动。这种经济活动有可能将主导的委托代理关系从国家转移到地方。