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Understanding decentralization theory, evidence and method, with a focus on least-developed countries
Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392219
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The welfare costs of tiebout sorting with true public goods
Hintermann, Beat; Kuhlmey, Florian - 2018
rivalry in consumption of the publicly provided good. We identify three sources of welfare loss from decentralization … characteristics of the publicly provided good are an important determinant for the welfare costs of decentralization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061833
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Decentralisation's effect on education and health: evidence from Ethiopia
Faguet, Jean-Paul; Khan, Qaiser; Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka - 2020
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/10012261963
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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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Local government financing during the electoral business cycle : analysing the role of intergovernmental political alignment on municipality budgets in Greece
Kitsos, Anastasios; Proestakis, Antonios - 2018
This paper examines the role of political alignment and the electoral business cycle on municipality revenues in Greece for the period 2003-2010. A panel dataset combining local and national elections with local budgets is used to run a fixed-effects econometric model. The findings suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010194
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Realising regional potentials through better market integration in China
Molnár, Margit - 2019
China’s regions have been experiencing impressive growth over the past decades, but their potentials could be better … at making up for the slow progress over the past decade or so. There are signs that these efforts are helping China … Paper relates to the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of China (http://www.oecd.org/economy/china-economic-snapshot/). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111062
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The decentralization tradeoff for complementary spillovers
Gregor, Martin; Šťastná, Lenka - 2011
-specific public goods out of two complementary district-specific inputs. We compare equilibria in non-cooperative decentralization and … centralization welfare-dominates decentralization in most institutional settings and for a wide range of parameters, yet we can also … identify necessary and sufficient conditions for decentralization to welfare-dominate centralization. The setup features three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008986565
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Local public finances and municipal reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public services. In recent years, their spending and debt has been increasing steadily, especially because of population ageing and increases in the cost of health care and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375402
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Decentralized leadership
Silva, Emilson C. D. - 2016
This paper studies the efficiency of decentralized leadership in federations where selfish regional governments provide regional and federal public goods and the benevolent central government implements interregional earmarked and income transfers. Without residential mobility, unlimited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524602
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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