The purpose of this paper is to assess whether expenditure decentralization has contributed to weakening fiscal … following questions: (1) does the form of spending decentralization affect the general government fiscal balance?; (2) is there … results indicate that current decentralization models may have some shortcomings and efforts to achieve fiscal consolidation …

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 …

investment management and changes to the decentralization framework …

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

empirical evidence about actual country practices. This paper presents data on fiscal decentralization for about 80 countries … for transition economies, the levels of decentralization are relatively stable over the time period. The findings are … factors identified in the literature as determining the extent of fiscal decentralization …

This paper examines key aspects of the ongoing decentralization process in transition economies and identifies areas …

-country evidence, based on a sample of developing and developed countries, that fiscal decentralization—the assignment of expenditure …

ambitious decentralization program implemented by the authorities since the late 1990s has had mixed results in terms of …