This paper studies the impact of the health decentralization of funds and responsibilities that took place in Mexico in …-reform health expenditures of the federal government in each state. Second, decentralization did not boost the advances in health … disappointing impact of decentralization on health outcomes. -- Fiscal decentralization ; federalism ; health …

For almost two decades, starting from the early ‘90s, Italy experienced the strongest wave of decentralization reforms … situation of “fiscal federalism” in Italy before the crisis, summarizing the decentralization process in the ‘90s, its …

This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization under NAFTA on the productivity of the Mexican automobile … liberalization and productivity for medium size establishments, but not for small or large establishments. This finding is consistent … with that of other authors, who find that trade liberalization results in higher productivity for some firms, but not for …