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 …

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 …The effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals is much debated but little agreed upon. This …

the remarkable case of Bolivia with the more complex case of Colombia to explore decentralization's effects on public … education outcomes. In Colombia, decentralization of education finance improved enrollment rates in public schools. In Bolivia …The effects of decentralization on public sector outputs is much debated but little agreed upon. This paper compares …

The recent, much remarked upon decentralization in Bolivia produced four important changes in the nation's public … investment in poorer municipalities. Existing theoretical treatments of decentralization cannot account for these phenomena. This … decentralization. Analyzing the location of residual power in a political system can help cut through the thicket of contradictory …

. This paper examines the remarkable case of Bolivia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and … did this. In Bolivia, decentralization made government more responsive by re-directing public investment to areas of …Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals …

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 … (v) decentralization is composed of distinct, separable components, the sequencing of which is important. Lastly, (vi …

We examine the case of decentralization in Colombia in order to explore its effects on poverty indicators, and on … public sector responsiveness to real local demands. We first summarize economic data on the effects of decentralization …. Colombian municipalities increased investment significantly as decentralization deepened, while running costs fell. Investment …