The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can improve governance by making … decentralization affects governance, in particular how it might increase political competition, improve public accountability, reduce … government more accountable and responsive to the governed. Improving governance is also central to the motivations of real …

This study looks at emigration governance in the context of decentralized Indonesia. It examines various local … initiatives that have evolved following the onset of decentralization in Indonesia a decade ago. These initiatives materialized in … the form of local regulations (perda). First, we perform a literature review which particularly addresses the issue of …

This paper contributes to an agenda that views the effects of federalism and decentralization as dependent on the …