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 …

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

and local election in Indonesia. Special reference is given to investigate relationships between economic factor (Regional …

This study analyzes spatial dimensions of inequality under decentralization in Indonesia from 1996-2010 using the … contributions of spatial inequalities to overall expenditure inequality. We find that urban-rural disparity constitutes 15%-25% of … overall expenditure inequality. A large difference exists between urban and rural areas in the magnitude of inequality among …

This submitted article identifies relations between the degree of decentralization and economic imbalances on the basis … development gap among regions in European countries); and a multidimensional inequality-adjusted human development index as … representative of inequalities in the distribution of wealth in the countries. Decentralization is measured by means of a …