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Fiscal decentralization and the shadow economy

Janský, Petr; Palanský, Miroslav - 2016

In this paper we use the new Government Revenue Dataset to analyse fiscal decentralization. We find that developed … fiscally decentralized regions. In our econometric analysis, we examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and … the shadow economy. We hypothesize that decentralization can negatively or positively affect the size of the shadow …

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Educational assistance and education quality in Indonesia: The role of decentralization

Sari, Virgi - 2018

We examine the evolution of educational assistance in Indonesia, following two decades of government decentralization … in the implementation of government decentralization to compute difference-in-difference estimators. Indicative evidence … suggests decentralization has facilitated collusion between village authorities and marginalized private schools, with …

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Effects of an education reform on household poverty and inequality: A microsimulation analysis on the free Senior High School policy in Ghana

Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; Osei, Robert Darko - 2018

The level of income can be directly inferred from the level of education, making education an important variable as a key determinant of better livelihoods and poverty alleviation. However, in most developing countries education is not accessible to all. In Ghana - although basic education is...

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Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar: Application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Jensen, Henning Tarp; Keogh-Brown, Marcus; Tarp, Finn - 2021

Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour. But child exploitation continues, including use of forced labour by the military and children performing hazardous work. Moreover,...

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"It's our turn (not) to learn": The pitfalls of education reform during post-war institutional transformation

Dunlop, Emily; Bekkouche, Yasmine; Verwimp, Philip - 2023

In this study, we investigate the relationship between education reform, institutional legacies of inequality, and changing political institutions in a poor, conflict-affected country. Burundi experienced a dramatic change in ethnic power relations after the 1993-2005 civil war. The post-war...

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Connections and the allocation of public benefits

Newman, Carol; Zhang, Mengyang - 2015

We explore the relationship between connections and public transfers in decentralized poverty-targeting programmes. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be classified as poor, the main determinant of whether...

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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2016

. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …

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Political agency and public healthcare: Evidence from India

Costa-Font, Joan; Parmar, Divya - 2016

The development of institutions of self-governance in India, and specifically the 2005 reform - the National Rural Health Mission that introduced village health and sanitation committees - provide a unique opportunity to study the effects of the strengthening of the political agency on...

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A macroeconomic perspective on Asian development

Bhaduri, Amit - 2018

Macroeconomic strategies and policies have differed significantly among Asian countries over the last fifty years, and yet some common issues recur despite their immense diversity in inherited historical initial conditions, differences in political systems, geo-political situations, location and...

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Decentralization reforms in Mozambique: The role of institutions in the definition of results

Forquilha, Salvador - 2020

the civil war in the early 1990s, the decentralization process began in Mozambique. Different research developed in recent … years shows that, as is the case in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of the decentralization reforms on the … explained? Based on three important reforms in the decentralization process in Mozambique, namely the '7 million …

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