Several transition economies have undertaken fiscal decentralization reforms over the past two decades along with … liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A BENCHMARK: PRINCIPLES OF DECENTRALIZATION REFORM -- III. UGANDA …'S DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS: THE INSTITUTIONS -- IV. SPECIFIC OUTCOMES IN SERVICE DELIVERY -- V. FINAL REMARKS -- References. …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. DECENTRALIZATION AND OVERALL FISCAL CONSTRAINTS -- IV …

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of … governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable … Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which …

only if the size of the locked-in effect exceeds some threshold. Further, progressive decentralization through airdrops can …

There is a widespread presumption that decentralization improves public service provision. This has led to policy …

This paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on overall fiscal performance in the European Union, taking into … account fiscal institutional arrangements. We find that spending decentralization has been associated with sizably better …

In many countries the decentralization of spending responsibilities has outpaced the decentralization of revenue powers …