decentralization. To explore the relationship between economic reforms and decentralization, the paper argues that a reform has two … has also inspired a relatively large body of work on economic reforms, albeit most of it unconcerned with decentralization …. It is suggested in that second part that integrating decentralization in an analysis of reforms as processes may be …

federalism" (whether decentralization favours innovation) and of "yardstick competition" (what are the effects of comparisons of …

government playing the role of a monitor. As is illustrated by the decentralization experience in France, a lively vertical …