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When Does decentralization deliver? The Dilemma of Design
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Decentralization since early 1990s has become one of the buzzwords of the development paradigms. Among all ingredients … of decentralization, the fiscal component of it has a special significance. Not surprisingly the literature unanimously … among different objectives of each level and resolve tensions between them. Thus, the fiscal decentralization is in vogue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787180
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Does corruption affect health outcomes in the Philippines?
Azfar, Omar; Gurgur, Tugrul - In: Economics of Governance 9 (2008) 3, pp. 197-244
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A framework for regulating microfinance institutions : the experience in Ghana and the Philippines
Gallardo, Joselito - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002
An earlier Policy Research Working Paper (Hennie van Greuning, Joselito Gallardo, and Bikki Randhawa,"A Framework for Regulating Microfinance Institutions,"WPS 2061, February 1999) presented a regulatory framework that identifies thresholds in financial intermediation activities that trigger a...
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Externalities and bailouts : hard and soft budget constraints in intergovernmental fiscal relations
Wildasin, David E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997
is concern, however, that fiscal decentralization may weaken fiscal discipline -that local authorities may undertake …-level governments, but others argue that such controls could undercut the goals of fiscal decentralization, including autonomy. The … fiscal decentralization produces perverse incentives or requires central government control over local fiscal policies. But …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989885
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New tools and new tests in comparative political economy - the database of political institutions
Beck, Thorsten; Clarke, George; Groff, Alberto; Keefer, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000
This paper introduces a large new cross-country database on political institutions: the Database on Political Institutions (DPI). The authors summarize key variables (many of them new), compare this data set with others, and explore the range of issues for which the data should prove invaluable....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989895
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The political economy of privatization : an empirical analysis of bank privatization in Argentina
Clarke, George R.G.; Cull, Robert - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1998
The authors study the political economy of bank privatization in Argentina. The results of their study strongly support the hypothesis that political incentives affect the likelihood of privatization. They find that: a) provinces whose governors belonged to the fiscally conservative Partido...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989909
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Growth without governance
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002
It is well known that there is a strong positive correlation between per capita incomes and the quality of governance across countries. the authors propose an empirical strategy that allows separation of this correlation into (1) a strong positive causal effect running from better governance to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989936
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L’évaluation des performances et le degré d’autonomie des acteurs locaux:le cas des banques de réseau - Performance measurement and allocation of decision rights:the case of retail...
Marsal, Christine - Université de Bourgogne - CREGO EA7317 Centre de … - 2009
(VF)Le système d’évaluation des performances dans le secteur bancaire est encore peu étudié en France. Il existe peu d’informations sur l’Architecture Organisationnelle des banques de réseaux qui aujourd’hui, se targuent de pouvoir compter sur de solides réseaux bancaires pour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991535
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Evaluating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain
Pena, Paula Salinas; Sole-Olle, Albert - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2009
Several arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may lead to improved levels of … effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain. These are measured using a survival rate, defined as the ratio … comprising the 50 provinces of Spain for the years 1978 to 2005, a period that covers the entire process of decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004993649
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Decentralization, Corruption, and the Unofficial Economy
Alexeev, Michael; Habodaszova, Luba - Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research … - 2007
We analyze the implications of decentralization for the incentives of local governments to provide productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005727847