. Local access to printed merchants' manuals used in business education was particularly associated with growth. New micro …

I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics that it unleashes. The national effects of … decentralization are simply the sum of its local-level effects. Hence to understand decentralization we must first understand how local …

Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals …. This paper examines the remarkable case of Bolivia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and … poverty-orientation. I first summarize econometric results on the effects of decentralization nationally, and then turn to …

education outcomes. In Colombia, decentralization of education finance improved enrollment rates in public schools. In Bolivia …The effects of decentralization on public sector outputs is much debated but little agreed upon. This paper compares … the remarkable case of Bolivia with the more complex case of Colombia to explore decentralization’s effects on public …