A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine … this question empirically. This paper explores the effects of decentralization on access to health and education in … decentralization improved enrollment rates in public schools and access of the poor to public health services. In both sectors …

investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … study. The results with regard to our two indicators of fiscal decentralization indicate that fiscal autonomy proxied by …

decentralization, especially in developing countries. This study addresses this issue in the case of Indonesia, a country that has … implemented massive decentralization (administrative, fiscal, and political) over the last two decades. The study aims to provide … empirical evidence for the impact of local government capacity on public service delivery in the decentralization regime. Local …