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 …

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 …