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

towards the sector's growth. This poses problem for industrialization at the local level. Decentralization progress in …

determinants of public expenditure at the sub-national level in Bangladesh. We argue that fragmentation in a unitary developing …This paper contributes to the decentralisation and distributive politics literature by empirically investigating the … annual development expenditure in Bangladesh covering the period from 2005 to 2009, the analysis focuses on the impact of …

Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical … 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 …

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 …