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The importance of being local? : administrative decentralization and human development
Chaudhary, Latika; Lakshmi Iyer - 2024
governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545252
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Decentralization's effects on education and health: Evidence from Ethiopia
Faguet, Jean-Paul; Khan, Qaiser; Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka - 2019
We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291440
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Decentralization's effects on education and health: evidence from Ethiopia
Faguet, Jean-Paul; Khan, Qaiser; Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka - 2019
We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261934
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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … study. The results with regard to our two indicators of fiscal decentralization indicate that fiscal autonomy proxied by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545693
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Improving fiscal federal relations for a stronger Mexico
Caldera Sánchez, Aida - 2013
Mexico has achieved a high degree of decentralisation in public services, but the Mexican fiscal federal system has important shortcomings. States and municipalities have become heavily dependent on federal transfers to finance a growing share of public spending. This leaves the burden of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231114
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Research into the financial knowledge of employees of local government units at commune level in Podkarpacie
Dzyuma, Ulyana; Rodzinka, Jacek - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 2, pp. 76-94
The aim of this article is to present the results of a study on the level of financial knowledge among staff at local public administration offices. The study was conducted using the technique of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) on a representative sample of commune level offices in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575827
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Financial knowledge as an endogenous source of the LGUs' potential
Wolowiec, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 108-116
Financial knowledge is an extremely important element not only of functioning and development, but more importantly of managing financial processes at local government level. Considering the progressing reforms of the national public finance system and the resulting consequences (legal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575929
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Responsibility with Accountability : A FAIR Governance Framework for Performance Accountability of Local Governments
Shah, Anwar - 2015
This paper focuses on the role of local governments in bringing about fair, accountable, incorruptible and responsive (FAIR) governance. Local governments around the world have done important innovations to earn the trust of their residents and their comparative performance is of great interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029674
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Administrative overspending in Indonesian districts : the role of local politics
Sjahrir Putra, Bambang Suharnoko Firmansyah; Kis-Katos, … - 2013
We analyze the determinants of the excessive administrative spending of local governments in Indonesia. In an unbalanced panel data set of 399 districts for 2001‐2009, we show that the proliferation of districts has not led to increased administrative spending; instead a lack of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188515
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Local government in the German federal system
Gunlicks, Arthur B. - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000704603