Decentralization can be generally described as a process in which selected functions are assigned to sub-national units …. The literature identifies number of positive consequences of decentralization which all lead to better satisfaction of … citizens? needs for public services. Although decentralization process in Croatia started more than 10 years ago, it still has …

This submitted article identifies relations between the degree of decentralization and economic imbalances on the basis … representative of inequalities in the distribution of wealth in the countries. Decentralization is measured by means of a … decentralization index, which contains both quantitative and qualitative components. Although groups of countries characterised by a …