Why, after more than twenty-five years of decentralization, are Philippine local government units (LGUs) at varied … decentralization with the aim to gather insights as well as distill stylized facts emerging from the evidence explaining local … current decentralization dynamics became evident. Though mandates and laws are the same across local governments, except …

In this paper we present evidence of the flypaper effect on unconditional transfers in the Mexican municipalities … expenditures by a greater amount in response to an increase in transfers than the amount by which they reduce expenditures in … response to a decrease in transfers (Gamkhar, 2000). These results are particularly relevant in light of the discussion that …

-democratic period (1950-1975) and the beginning and development of the decentralization (1978-1988). In the nineties, local authorities … or new decentralization. The second part talks about the future of local governments, that will depend on a certain …

The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws …, and discusses the key factors that help make decentralization sustainable, efficient, and equitable from a macroeconomic …, the design of intergovernmental transfers, and public financial management systems) that are suited to different countries …

Since Yemen’s reunification in 1990, decentralization reforms periodically resurface on the national political agenda … the potential of local autonomy for national development and state building at the periphery. Yet decentralization reforms … autonomy, and skeptical of the power of decentralization to bring new resources to bear on national development. But in 2007 a …

A commonly alleged pitfall of decentralization is that poverty, socio-economic inequality and lack of political …