I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics it unleashed in the much-noted case of Bolivia and … the less-noted case of Bangladesh. I argue that the national effects of decentralization are largely the sum of its local …-level effects. Hence to understand decentralization we must first understand how local government works. This implies analysing not …

investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … study. The results with regard to our two indicators of fiscal decentralization indicate that fiscal autonomy proxied by …

decentralization has been a big challenge in most developing countries. This study aims to address the question "does decentralization … improve service delivery levels at the local level, as promised?" This study reviews work on decentralization and service …