. This paper examines the cases of Bolivia and Colombia to explore decentralisation’s effects on government responsiveness … and poverty-orientation. I first summarize economic data on the effects of decentralisation in each. In Bolivia …, decentralisation made government more responsive by re-directing public investment to areas of greatest need. In Colombia …

empirically. We explore the effects of decentralization on access to health and education in Colombia using an original database …Decentralization is meant to improve access to public services, but relatively few studies examine this question … covering over 95 % of Colombian municipalities. We show that decentralization improved enrollment rates in public schools and …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

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 …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

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 …