, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political …Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and … development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …

State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest … conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to … administrative units in Indonesia. The discontinuous changes in government responsibilities at new administrative borders provide …

from two studies in Indonesia that help explain why moneylending can still thrive when low-interest microfinance is widely …

, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political …Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and … development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …

State decentralization is often promoted to improve public service delivery. However, its effects on forest … conservation are ambiguous. Decentralization might not only improve local forest governance, but also change the incentives to … administrative units in Indonesia. The discontinuous changes in government responsibilities at new administrative borders provide …

complemented by country-specific regressions for Brazil and Indonesia on account of these countries. experiences with fiscal …

incentives bring electoral consequences. Upon exploiting a natural experiment in Indonesia, the study found that the elected …

Many countries have adopted decentralization policies in order to strengthen democratic governance. Nevertheless …, empirical literature on whether decentralization actually strengthens democratic governance is relatively limited when compared … to empirical literature on the impact of decentralization on a wide array of fiscal or economic variables. Therefore …

, unlike in many developing and transition countries, the decentralization program in Indonesia has not caused major political …Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and … development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and …

ambitious decentralization program implemented by the authorities since the late 1990s has had mixed results in terms of …