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Geographic Inequity in a Decentralized Anti-Poverty Program : A Case Study of China
Ravallion, Martin - 2016
The central governments of many developing countries have chosen to decentralize their anti-poverty programs, in the expectation that local agents are better informed about local needs. The paper shows that this potential advantage of decentralized eligibility criteria can come at a large cost,...
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Adult Work Incentives, and Poverty
Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2017
examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …
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Municipal Pooled Financing of Infrastructure in the United States : Experience and Lessons
De Angelis, Michael A. - 2017
Despite a world awash with liquidity, large infrastructure supply gaps exist across developing and emerging markets. Infrastructure has been largely decentralized to subnational governments in many countries, and many policymakers are keenly interested in developing subnational bond markets to...
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Civil Service Recruitment in Comoros : A Case of Political Clientelism in a Decentralized State
Rose, Jonathan - 2017
Professional civil service recruitment is a core component of governance for development, as it is necessary for ensuring the capacity of civil servants, service delivery, fiscal sustainability, and proper salary management. Through an ambitious mixed method approach, this study seeks to provide...
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When Elites Meet : Decentralization, Power-Sharing, and Public Goods Provision in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
Clayton, Amanda - 2017
Over the past decade, decentralization of fiscal and policy-making authority has become a cornerstone of development …
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The Dynamics of Centralized Procurement Reform in a Decentralized State : Evidence and Lessons from Indonesia
Sacks, Audrey - 2017
. Despite the decentralization of financial responsibility and authority to relatively autonomous local level governments …
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Benchmarking Public Policy : Methodological Insights from Measurement of School Based Management
Parandekar, Suhas - 2017
delivery through decentralization. School based management typically takes many years to have an impact on educational outcomes …
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Models of Public Service Reform : A Problem-Solving Approach
McCourt, Willy - 2017
arisen in the policy process in different countries. The models are: public administration; decentralization; pay and …
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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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More than You Can Handle : Decentralization and Spending Ability of Peruvian Municipalities
Loayza, Norman - 2017
In the past three decades, emerging countries have gone through extensive decentralization reforms. Yet, there are no … studies assessing quantitatively the relative importance of various factors known to affect the success of decentralization … needs; and political economy constraints. Although all four factors affect decentralization, the largest determinant of …
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