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The Strength of American Federal Democracy : Lessons for Global Development
Myerson, Roger - 2017
A review of the history of the United States from its colonial origins shows how America's successful development has always been guided by two basic principles: representative democracy, and a proper division of power between national and subnational governments. The United States of America...
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Blending Top-Down Federalism with Bottom-Up Engagement to Reduce Inequality in Ethiopia
Khan, Qaiser - 2017
federalism shifts the accountability of subnational officials downward to regional and local voters. What happens when aid … agencies fund anti-inequality programs in federal countries? Does federalism undermine aid? Does aid undermine federalism? Or …
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Sequencing Fiscal Decentralization
Bahl, Roy W. - 2016
While there is extensive knowledge about how to design fiscal decentralization policies, considerably less is understood about how a decentralization program should be sequenced and implemented. Countries embarking on decentralization often struggle with decisions about the essential components...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748132
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Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos - 2020
A rigorous understanding of the developmental effect of fiscal transfers to subnational governments remains an important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local public finances to study the effects on local welfare of a...
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A Framework for Evaluating Alternate Institutional Arrangements for Fiscal Equalization Transfers
Shah, Anwar - 2006
Fiscal equalization programs are fairly common features of intergovernmental fiscal relations in industrial countries. Some developing countries have also recently introduced these programs and still others are contemplating such programs. Institutional arrangements for fiscal equalization vary...
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Autonomy with Equity and Accountability : Toward a More Transparent, Objective, Predictable and Simpler (Tops) System of Central Financing of Provincial-Local Expenditures in Indon...
Shah, Anwar - 2017
During the past decade, Indonesia has transformed itself from centralized governance to decentralized local governance. Local governments were given extensive expenditure responsibilities while keeping the tax system centralized. To finance decentralized provincial-local expenditures, Indonesia...
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Grant Financing of Metropolitan Areas : A Review of Principles and Worldwide Practices
Shah, Anwar - 2017
In the new information age in the globalized and interconnected world, metropolitan areas hold the key to the future prosperity and growth of nations. This paper takes a closer look at grant-financing regimes faced by metropolitan areas and their role in facilitating or hindering improvements in...
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Sponsoring a Race to the Top : The Case for Results-Based Intergovernmental Finance for Merit Goods
Shah, Anwar - 2017
Intergovernmental finance is a significant source of sub-national finance in most countries. In both industrial and developing countries, formula based "manna from heaven" general purpose transfers dominate but co-exist with highly intrusive micro-managed "command and control" specific purpose...
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Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina : The Dayton Challenge
Johnson, Noel D. - 2017
The authors describe Bosnia's current arrangements in fiscal federalism, outline the unique challenges that the Dayton … economic models of federalism suggest a government structure assuming there is an intent to achieve Pareto-efficiency for the … country's welfare or access to public services outside the group. The motivation for the fiscal federalism structure proposed …
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Reform of the Intergovernmental Transfer System in China
Shah, Anwar - 2016
In China, most of the service delivery responsibilities are assigned to the subnational governments. Yet for reasons of efficiency in tax collection and administration, the central government collects revenues far in excess of its expenditure needs. In 2003 the central government collected 70...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747877