decentralization could affect economic growth. Much of the literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision of … public services, but decentralization may also increase growth by raising the ability of the political system to innovate and … carry out reforms. In contrast, some authors argue that decentralization increases corruption and government inefficiency …

There is a widespread belief that fiscal decentralization is an effective tool for increasing the efficiency of public … expenditures. Decentralization is expected to boost accountability and transparency in the provision of public goods for the well … for the period 1980 to 2012, the study found that expenditure decentralization exerted negative effect on human resource …