The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws …, and discusses the key factors that help make decentralization sustainable, efficient, and equitable from a macroeconomic …

Decentralization has been an integral part of the political reform process in former socialist countries throughout … municipalities. This study examines the decentralization process in the Republic of Macedonia and assesses whether the … decentralization process has created local units of government that are more efficient, effective, and accountable. The study looks at …

The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can improve governance by making … decentralization affects governance, in particular how it might increase political competition, improve public accountability, reduce …