active. The broad question we consider in this paper is whether decentralization is likely to hurt or help national unity in …

government fragmentation and fiscal decentralization for a panel of 23 countries in the 1995-2007 time interval. Taken separately … decentralization measured as fiscal and spending autonomy does seem to reduce corruption. This latter effect is reinforced if fiscal … decentralization is combined with a high degree of government fragmentation at the local level. The results appear robust to different …

public services over the past quarter of a century. There is a renewed and increasing interest in decentralization in Peru as … emphasis on overall fiscal stability. Learning from the lessons of the ongoing decentralization, there is a recognition that … suggests that there is a pending work agenda to grasp the benefits of the decentralization process, including the reduction in …

decentralisation that has taken place in Spain since the restoration of democracy and the Constitution of 1978, and which resulted in …

The practice of decentralization in Nepal is almost four decades old. This makes it perhaps the oldest decentralization …,Nepal's decentralization policy was brought in the forefront of national agenda of reforms and continues to be the main means to translate … of reforms for the effective fiscal decentralization in the country. The analysis presented here is based on extremely …

that the system of intergovernmental transfers occurs within the policy framework of decentralization in general, and … fiscal decentralization in particular. Additionally, the principles of good governance – accountability, predictability …