attempts at decentralization during the Second Republic in the early thirties of the last century, the model of governance was … based on a pure version of Napoleonic centralism. Nevertheless, the decentralization process initiated by the Constitution …

setting for fiscal decentralization. This goes a long way in explaining why the fiscal decentralization process in the three … implications for budgetary developments. The objectives of this paper are to discuss key aspects of the ongoing decentralization …

equity in the design of fiscal decentralization policy. Although present in other countries, this policy tradeoff has been … particularly relevant to China over the last two decades. We build a theoretical model of fiscal decentralization, where overall … tested using panel data for 1985-98. We find that fiscal decentralization in China led to economic growth, but this …

that are arising as the Government of Indonesia (GOI) efforts to prepare for decentralization are being finalized and the … detailed results of interviews carried out with local government officials as they consider the decentralization matters fast … local budgeting, financial management, and auditing practices under decentralization, personnel decentralization, the role …

” (Rahman and Islam 2002: 154). Decentralization reforms are debated every few years under governments of all hues, various …

implement programs to respond to the constitutional amendments mandating fiscal decentralization, and to support central and …

Since Yemen’s reunification in 1990, decentralization reforms periodically resurface on the national political agenda … the potential of local autonomy for national development and state building at the periphery. Yet decentralization reforms … autonomy, and skeptical of the power of decentralization to bring new resources to bear on national development. But in 2007 a …