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"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early … economic effects of government decentralization from both developed and developing countries, these effects have not been … recent reform efforts. They then provide an empirical analysis of the effects of decentralization in Turkish provinces using …
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"Indonesia's "big bang" decentralization in 2001 shifted much of the responsibility for local economic development from … has varied widely. This paper attempts to understand the determinants of sub-national (district/city) growth in Indonesia …
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unrest. Following Indonesia's transition towards democracy and decentralization in the late 1990s, the Special Autonomy Law …The region of Papua occupies a special place in Indonesia. It is the country's easternmost, largest and most sparsely … populated region. Ever since its integration into Indonesia in 1969 Papua has been troubled by separatist movements and social …
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decentralization, in a likely challenging near to medium term period in Indonesia. It addresses the major government reorganization … decentralization of spending authority, enhanced access to resources at local government levels, and civil service reform. The … potential health system benefits, associated with decentralization, will enable citizens to become involved systematically in …
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Indonesia has embarked upon a radical and rapid decentralization program. Regional autonomy is transforming one of the … diverse as Indonesia will benefit greatly from decentralization, through more efficient service delivery, but also national … recognized as much by calling for a thorough evaluation of the decentralization program, and adjustments of the decentralization …
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"Using a unique sample of net domestic product data for districts in India, I investigate the connection between banking sector development, human capital, and economic growth at the sub-national level. Using disaggregate data avoids many of the omitted variable problems that plague...
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"This paper studies the spatial dimension of growth in Mexico over the past three decades. The literature on regional economic growth shows a decrease in regional dispersion from 1970 to 1985, and a sharp increase afterward coinciding with the trade liberalization of the Mexican economy. Using...
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"The author tests how the local economic structure-measured by a region's sector specialization, competition, and diversity-affects the technological growth of manufacturing sectors. Most of the empirical literature on this topic assumes that in the long run more productive regions will attract...
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"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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"The asset-based approach considers links between households' productive, social, and locational assets; the policy, institutional, and risk context; household behavior as expressed in livelihood strategies; and well-being outcomes. For sustainable poverty reducing growth, it is critical to...
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