While previous literature has found that the effect of public services decentralization on quality of delivery and satisfaction is ambiguous, little evidence has been provided regarding the role that the efficiency of local governments may play in enhancing a decentralization reform. To shed...

The contemporary system of the public service in Russia was formed as a result of the comprehensive reform, which began in the 2000s. The reform was aimed at the qualitative transformation of the public service institutions, improving the performance of public servants, the implementation of...