Indonesia has come a long way from centralized governance to decentralized local governance, and today Indonesia ranks among the most decentralized developing countries. The Government of Indonesia is revisiting all aspects of local governance to make appropriate legal and institutional...

This paper presents an overview of the constitutional-legal provisions on access to services in developing countries and shows that rights to public services are not justice-able. It further documents the performance record to show that governments' response to such a weak accountability...

In China, most of the service delivery responsibilities are assigned to the subnational governments. Yet for reasons of efficiency in tax collection and administration, the central government collects revenues far in excess of its expenditure needs. In 2003 the central government collected 70...

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are a dominant feature of subnational finance in most countries. They are used to ensure that revenues roughly match the expenditure needs of various orders (levels) of subnational governments. They are also used to advance national, regional, and local area...

El diseno de transferencias fiscales intergubernamentales esta estrechamente relacionado con la eficiencia y la equidad de la prestacion de servicios publicos y con una gobernabilidad local responsable. Este libro representa una fuente integral unica de material para orientar a profesionales y...

En las democracias occidentales, los mecanismos de equilibrio de poder incorporados en las estructuras gubernamentales formaron la parte central de la buena administracion y ayudaron a otorgar facultades a los ciudadanos durante mas de 200 anos. No obstante, muchos paises en desarrollo siguen...