Powerful local elites are quite common in developing countries. Thus, whether decentralization reduces or not the level … empirical evidence. Using cross-country information we find that the negative average effect of decentralization on corruption … existence of regions with a relatively weak accountability sector and the design of decentralization and grants can also explain …

The advantages and disadvantages of public sector decentralization are widely discussed in economics and political … science. Some authors argue that decentralization leads to an optimal provision of public services and promotes economic … studies the impact of fiscal decentralization on regional disparities. We find that a higher degree of decentralization is …

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the … press into account. Our main finding is that decentralization counteracts corruption in countries with high degrees of press …

Empirical research on decentralization plays a crucial role in the modern public economics. This paper surveys the … literature, discussing the emergence of positive studies of decentralization as an endogenous parameter, which hence attempt to … find out the main factors determining the degree of decentralization in individual countries. …

march toward fiscal decentralization might be constrained. Between reducing poverty or deepening fiscal decentralization …

There is a widespread belief that fiscal decentralization is an effective tool for increasing the efficiency of public … expenditures. Decentralization is expected to boost accountability and transparency in the provision of public goods for the well … for the period 1980 to 2012, the study found that expenditure decentralization exerted negative effect on human resource …

Decentralization is a popular component of public sector reform in many developing countries. Local governments are …. However, decentralization also has drawbacks. Foremost is the efficiency advantage of the central government in providing … decentralization on development shows mixed results depending on the decentralization measure, outcome variables, and countries covered …