This paper examines decentralisation in Bolivia and Colombia to explore its effects on the uses and spatial … infrastructure to social services and human capital formation. Resources were rebalanced in favour of poorer districts. In Bolivia …, decentralisation made government more responsive by re-directing public investment to areas of greatest need. In Colombia …

paper examines the cases of Bolivia and Colombia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and … poverty-orientation. In Bolivia, decentralization made government more responsive by re-directing public investment to areas … of greatest need. In Colombia, municipalities increased investment significantly as decentralization deepened, while …

I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics it unleashed in the much-noted case of Bolivia and … only decentralization, but also democracy, from the bottom up. Beginning with Bolivia, I explore the deep economic and … performance, and hence of Bolivia's overall decentralization success. I then test these ideas using qualitative data from …

Bolivia's 1994 decentralization led to changes in the geographic allocation of funds and to the development of … Bolivia devolved substantial resources from central agencies to municipalities in 1994. By far the most important determinant … of these changes are objective indicators of social need (for example, education investment rises where illiteracy is …

This paper examines whether decentralization increases the responsiveness of public investment to local needs using a … unique database from Bolivia. Empirical tests show that investment patterns in human capital and social services changed … significantly after decentralization. These changes are strongly and positively related to objective indicators of need. Nationally …

This paper examines whether decentralization increases the responsiveness of public investment to local needs using a … unique database from Bolivia. Empirical tests show that investment patterns in human capital and social services changed … significantly after decentralization. These changes are strongly and positively related to objective indicators of need. Nationally …