led to a decentralization of conservation decisions. We employ a Bayesian structural time series approach to estimate the …

This study analyses a possible reason behind the ambiguous relationship between fiscal decentralization and government …, thereby increasing the level of aggregate government spending through fiscal decentralization. It is tested by employing a … comes into the picture, it dilutes the negative association, which is suggestive of the fact that fiscal decentralization …

In many African countries, decentralization has long been viewed as a means for improving local service delivery. Yet …, despite various decentralization initiatives, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in two of Kenya's largest … cities, Nairobi and Mombasa. Despite various governance reforms to enhance Kenya's decentralization process, backed up by …

. -- Bolivia ; fiscal decentralization ; revenues ; taxes ; intergovernmental transfers …