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Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2008

We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor in terms of achieving good governance, and to the...

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Decentralization and Foreign Aid Effectiveness : Do Aid Modality and Federal Design Matter in Poverty Alleviation?

Lessmann, Christian - 2014

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that...

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Information Transmission and Ownership Consolidation in Aid Programs

Dreher, Axel - 2013

This paper explores the role of information transmission in explaining donors' choice between project aid and budget support. Budget support increases the involvement of recipient governments in the decision-making process and can thus be an example of a “delegation-scheme.” Conversely,...

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Federalism, Decentralisation and Corruption

Freille, Sebastian - 2007

We investigate the empirical relationship between decentralisation and corruption. Using a newly assembled dataset … but more importantly because previous research overlooks the relationship between different dimensions of decentralisation …. We propose an approach where more than one dimension of decentralisation enter the econometric model simultaneously. In …

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Decentralization and Regional Convergence : Evidence From Night-Time Lights Data

Adhikari, Bibek - 2018

The proponents of decentralization argue that it improves economic growth by increasing government efficiency and accountability. However, the critics argue that decentralization increases regional inequality by increasing the differences in institutional capacities and socio-economic endowments...

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Foot Voting, Decentralization, and Development

Somin, Ilya - 2019

expanding opportunities for foot voting across international boundaries, through immigration. Constitutional structures can be …

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Making Aid Work : Governance and Decentralization

Epstein, Gil S. - 2015

Donor aid organizations (DAOs) are multi-layered and multi-dimensional bureaucracies with many departments trying to find solutions to problems for countries, investing staff resources and effort into having an effect. A department may come into conflict with other departments because of...

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Aid, Growth and Devolution

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2021

This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...

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Enhancing governance in Thailand

Mohd Arif, Abu Zeid; Fleischer, Lara; Bogiatzis, Adam; … - 2018

The Peace pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encompasses a diverse range of issues including stability and effective governance. Reforming the public sector is high on the government’s agenda, but involves a number of challenges: the gap between planning and implementation...

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Making aid work : governance and decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014

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