This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together …

's moral hazard behavior (i.e., improvement in the level of governance) leads to a fall in the proportion of tied aid. We test …

states' performance and overall decentralization are viewed somewhat differently. With regard to tax administration …Adding to the literature on the effects of government decentralization, this paper uses a large sample of individual … study the relative influences of different types of decentralization, including fiscal decentralization, administrative …

formal and informal decentralization across 64 provinces of Vietnam. This paper finds that the formally decentralized system … of public service supply is accommodating the informal one, but informal decentralization in public order provision tends …

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data … that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in general. However, estimations using an interaction variable … approach imply that the effect depends on the level of economic development. While rich countries benefit from decentralization …

be widely independent of democracy and governance in recipient countries. Overall, denominating aid from China as ‘rogue …