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Does Commercialization Undermine the Benefits of Decentralization for Local Services Provision? Evidence from Mexico’s Urban Water and Sanitation Sector
Herrera, Veronica - In: World Development 56 (2014) C, pp. 16-31
Decentralization has been promoted as a means to better reflect citizen preferences and improve local services. Many … Mexican cities to assess whether decentralization and commercialization practices have resulted in improved water and …
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Understanding and Improving Accountability in Education: A Conceptual Framework and Guideposts from Three Decentralization Reform Experiences in Latin America
Gershberg, Alec Ian; González, Pablo Alberto; Meade, Ben - In: World Development 40 (2012) 5, pp. 1024-1041
Many countries have emphasized hierarchical control or different exit and voice mechanisms to increase accountability of educational systems. We build a framework for understanding accountability reforms and develop three illustrative Latin American cases representing distinct approaches (Chile,...
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Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru
Jaramillo, Miguel; Wright, Glenn Daniel - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 280-292
We examine the relationship between participatory democratic institutions and effective agricultural policy in rural Peruvian municipalities, using a unique quantitative dataset of 100 Peruvian municipalities at two points in time, allowing us to examine (a) bottom-up, grassroots participatory...
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Economic stabilization in Latin America : political dimensions
Foxley Ríoseco, Alejandro (contributor);  … - 1980
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Who is Vouching for the Input Voucher? Decentralized Targeting and Elite Capture in Tanzania
Pan, Lei; Christiaensen, Luc - In: World Development 40 (2012) 8, pp. 1619-1633
Through decentralized targeting of input vouchers new agricultural input subsidy programs aim to more effectively reach their objectives and target population. But, lingering fears of elite capture remain. These are borne out in the 2009 input voucher program in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Sixty...
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Comparing Forest Decentralization and Local Institutional Change in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda
Coleman, Eric A.; Fleischman, Forrest D. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 4, pp. 836-849
In this paper we assess the institutional and environmental impacts of forest decentralization in Bolivia, Kenya …, Mexico, and Uganda. We develop theories of institutional impacts based upon the specific content of decentralization reforms … decentralization on local forest investments, rulemaking, wealth inequality, and forest conditions in the four countries. Some results …
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Do External Grants to District Governments Discourage Own Revenue Generation? A Look at Local Public Finance Dynamics in Ghana
Mogues, Tewodaj; Benin, Samuel - In: World Development 40 (2012) 5, pp. 1054-1067
Using rich panel data on all of Ghana’s districts’ local public finances over 11 years, this paper investigates the way that intergovernmental and other transfers to local governments affect local governments’ incentives to collect internally generated revenues and funds (IGF). We find...
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The Politics of Federalism in Argentina and its Implications for Governance and Accountability
Ardanaz, Martín; Leiras, Marcelo; Tommasi, Mariano - In: World Development 53 (2014) C, pp. 26-45
This paper contributes to an agenda that views the effects of federalism and decentralization as dependent on the …
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Water Reforms, Decentralization and Child Mortality in Colombia, 1990–2005
Granados, Claudia; Sánchez, Fabio - In: World Development 53 (2014) C, pp. 68-79
municipalities to specialized companies. These reforms were undertaken within the 1990s decentralization process which established …
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Aid, Growth and Devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1723-1749
This paper examines whether the degree of fiscal decentralization in aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid … effectiveness. The decentralization theorem predicts that the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local … decision-makers are better informed about local needs. Thereby decentralization may also have reverse effects, e.g., through …
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