Showing 1 - 10 of 7,303
In the first five months of 2018, socio-economic dynamic improved; however, there was no sustainable growth in most regions. Russian territories' budgets have also improved: in the course of presidential elections, regional transfers have substantially grown, and so have social expenditures
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912873
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489516
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496995
An important stylized fact about African economic development is the phenomenon of urbanization without structural transformation. This paper provides a political economy analysis of the lack of structural transformation in African cities, drawing on the Deals and Development framework. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053974
We develop a model of policy experimentation in federal systems in which heterogeneous districts choose both whether to experiment and the policies to experiment with. The prospect of informational spillovers implies that in the fi rst best the districts converge in their policy choice....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862030
The objective of this paper is to examine the nature of India's federal system, the reforms that have occurred over the last ten years, and what remains to be done. We begin by briefly describing the key federal institutions in India, focusing particularly on the mechanisms for center-state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123862
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000608617
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001638952
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001323438
decentralization and the potential trade-offs between decentralization and income redistribution. By contrast, it has generally put … less emphasis on the effects of decentralization on macroeconomic management, although policymakers worldwide increasingly … have to grapple with these effects. This paper examines the constraints that a high degree of decentralization can place on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401198