Decentralization can be generally described as a process in which selected functions are assigned to sub-national units …. The literature identifies number of positive consequences of decentralization which all lead to better satisfaction of … citizens? needs for public services. Although decentralization process in Croatia started more than 10 years ago, it still has …

"Urbanization and Decentralization: The changing urban-rural linkages and opportunities of decentralization of services … urbanization and decentralization. Ever stronger linkages between urban and rural areas represent a challenge for sustainable … them. This gives an important potential role to decentralization of government, and decentralization of services in …

public goods. Therefore, my findings indicate that decentralization can lead to a failure in the provision of local public …

The relationship between decentralization and the quality of governments is one of the core issues of decentralization … decentralization is that it will improve the accountability and responsiveness of government by altering its structure so as to … heterogeneity both in the quality of government as well as in the degree of decentralization. As for the former, variability within …

sub-national governments. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of revenue decentralization on the provision of … infrastructure at the sub-national level. We estimate the effects of revenue decentralization and earmarked grant financing on the …