decentralization and the potential trade-offs between decentralization and income redistribution. By contrast, it has generally put … less emphasis on the effects of decentralization on macroeconomic management, although policymakers worldwide increasingly … have to grapple with these effects. This paper examines the constraints that a high degree of decentralization can place on …

This paper examines the importance of fiscal autonomy in the analysis of decentralization. Using new data published by … the OECD (2001 and 2002), it reproduces several indicators and proposes new measures of decentralization that take into … decentralization and economic growth, and Oates (1985), on decentralization and public sector size. Some evidence suggests that fiscal …

-term, and that these be based on at least five principles. These 5 principles (5Ds) refer to decentralization, democratization …

"-competitiveness, transparency, and governance. We observe the rise and fall of the "Washington Consensus"-privatization and liberalization- and the …

decentralization systems by examining the sequencing and economic principles underlying revenue and expenditure assignments, the use of …

We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the … infrastructure. We find that after the dramatic expenditure decentralization of 2001, districts with relatively lower levels of … and administrative decentralization, we find no consistent effects of the democratization process on local public …