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Two Decades of Rising Inequality and Declining Poverty in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Warr, Peter G. - 2015
Over the last 2 decades the distribution of private household expenditures has become more unequal in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved. The increase in inequality was statistically...
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Fiscal decentralization and development : how crucial is local politics?
Pal, Sarmistha; Roy, Jaideep - 2010
development? Our study on Indonesia suggests that fiscal decentralization enhanced free and fair local elections, though the …Does fiscal decentralization in a politically decentralized less developed country help strengthen democratic … institutions at the grass root level? And is the impact of such decentralization on local politics important in determining local …
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Fiscal Decentralization and Development : How Crucial is Local Politics?
Pal, Sarmistha - 2010
development? Our study on Indonesia suggests that fiscal decentralization enhanced free and fair local elections, though the …Does fiscal decentralization in a politically decentralized less developed country help strengthen democratic … institutions at the grass root level? And is the impact of such decentralization on local politics important in determining local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136490
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Foot Voting, Decentralization, and Development
Somin, Ilya - 2019
We can enhance development by making it easier for people to “vote with their feet” between jurisdictions. Few, if any, policy reforms can achieve such enormous increases in economic growth and opportunity. Foot voting is, in several crucial respects, a better mechanism of political...
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The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Development
Pasichnyi, Mykola - 2019
In this article, updated approach to assess the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic development is offered …. The relationship between the proper level of fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 27 advanced and emerging … expenditures decentralization was more essential than revenue decentralization. The vast majority of the counties from Central and …
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Decentralisation, Corruption and Economic Development
Freille, Sebastian; Haque, M. Emranul; Kneller, Richard - 2007
This paper studies the relationship between corruption and decentralisation from a macroeconomic perspective. Providing a macroeconomic analysis may help to understand better the links and channels between corruption, decentralisation and economic development. The analysis presented in this...
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Decentralization
Niazi, Tariq H. - In: Diagnosing the Indonesian economy : toward inclusive …, (pp. 389-428). 2012
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Decentralization and Development : The Case of Talaud Islands Regency, Indonesia, 2004–2007
Timbuleng, Johannes Aldrin - 2020
Indonesia, most of the studies suggested enhancing the capacity of local government if decentralization is to have positive …The correlation between decentralization and development has long been investigated by various scholars. Despite some … disagreements, they tend to argue that decentralization can be useful for promoting development if it meets several criteria. In …
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2015 agricultural productivity, decentralisation, and competitiveness analysis for provinces and regions of Indonesia
Tan, Khee-Giap; Nurina Merdikawati; Mulya Amri; Tan Kong Yam - 2017
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