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Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries : a critical review

Dick-Sagoe, Christopher - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-13

decentralization has been a big challenge in most developing countries. This study aims to address the question "does decentralization … improve service delivery levels at the local level, as promised?" This study reviews work on decentralization and service …

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Understanding decentralization theory, evidence and method, with a focus on least-developed countries

Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2021

What is decentralization, what is its underpinning rationale, and why might it matter for least-developed countries … decentralization into clear empirical conclusions; and (ii) to derive policy lessons relevant to least-developed countries. It first … reviews the different definitions of decentralization employed in the literature before proposing one best suited to countries …

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A semi-endogenous growth model for developing countries with public factors, imported capital goods, and limited export demand

Hallonsten, Jan Simon; Ziesemer, Thomas - 2016

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The commercialization of microfinance : balancing business and development

Drake, Deborah (contributor); Rhyne, Elisabeth (ed.); … - 2002

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In China's wake : how the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south

Jepson, Nicholas - 2020

conditions -- Neodevelopmentalist type: Argentina and Brazil -- Extractivist-redistributive type: Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela … orthodoxy type: Jamaica, Peru, South Africa, Colombia, and Indonesia -- China and global transformation. …

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The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries

Allen, Richard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The paper notes that the development of sound budgetary institutions in countries such as France, the U.K. and the U.S. has taken a very long time?200 years or more?and is still evolving. It discusses Douglass North's prediction?which is supported by available data?that institutional reform is...

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