This book analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major …. If increasing fiscal decentralization has been a global trend in recent decades, there are significant variations across … European Union but less than 5% in many developing countries. Decentralization in terms of revenue and expenditure autonomy has …

In the past three decades, emerging countries have gone through extensive decentralization reforms. Yet, there are no … studies assessing quantitatively the relative importance of various factors known to affect the success of decentralization … needs; and political economy constraints. Although all four factors affect decentralization, the largest determinant of …