these challenges is the recently enacted decentralization program, now well underway, which promises to have some wide … scholars, that take a hard, objective look at the many effects of decentralization on economic and political issues in …pt. 1. The history and politics of the 'big bang' decentralization -- pt. 2. Expenditure and tax assignment -- pt. 3 …

A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book … people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has … decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable …

with changes created by decentralization is explored …

This book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal … countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. Three key issues …

pt. 1. Approaches to fiscal federalism -- pt. 2. Decentralization and development -- pt. 3. Implementing multilevel …