This paper examines the recent decentralization of governance in Indonesia and its impact on local infrastructure … provision. The decentralization of decisionmaking power to local jurisdictions in Indonesia may have improved the matching of … public infrastructures provision with local preferences. However, decentralization has made local public infrastructures …

gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the …

provision more responsive to users. Ethiopia has undertaken two rounds of decentralization, making first the regional states and … then the district governments responsible for providing key public services. This paper explores whether decentralization …

that rural areas have sizes below this cut-off (Onokerhoraye 1984). Decentralization has become a key issue in development … sector that fosters agricultural productivity and development outcomes. However, access to rural services, has only had … development potential. To distinguish rural from urban development, one must define �rural.� Demographers classify a …

. Benin is currently in a process of political decentralization shifting responsibility for and administration of rural water …