revenues in Mongolia are urgently needed. -- Fiscal decentralisation ; fiscal federalism ; intergovernmental relations ; local …

This paper assesses how decentralization can contribute, if proper political and fiscal institutions are present, to … improving service delivery in Asia. In other words, decentralization is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time. The … issues leading to "partial decentralization" that is common to most models. Consideration is also given to the emerging …

What is decentralization, what is its underpinning rationale, and why might it matter for least-developed countries … decentralization into clear empirical conclusions; and (ii) to derive policy lessons relevant to least-developed countries. It first … reviews the different definitions of decentralization employed in the literature before proposing one best suited to countries …

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 …

governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …

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 …

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 …