This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution (decentralization reforms) of … dimensions of decentralization and localization. These sub-indexes are aggregated and adjusted for heterogeneity to develop an …

We estimate the impact of fiscal decentralization on different indicators of pollution for more than 80 countries from … 1970 to 2000. Our cross country estimates show that fiscal decentralization increases pollution. However, higher quality of … institutions can limit the destructive environmental effects of decentralization. The empirical results confirm a strand of the …

Many developing countries are seeking to improve governance with fiscal decentralization. It is therefore worth … revisiting what we know about political and economic institutions to understand how and under what circumstances decentralization … subnational authorities. Based on this review, I find that the gains from decentralization depend sensitively on how subnational …

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of … governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable … Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which …

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of … governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable … Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which …

their History from a Gandhian perspective -- The evolution of devolution -- Part 2. Dimensions of Decentralization …. Political decentralization : Role of political parties from colonial times -- Rural local governance and administrative … decentralization : An institutional analysis -- Fiscal decentralization in India : Status and raising issues -- State sub-state level …