We attempt to improve the understanding and measurement of decentralization and its relationship with corruption in a … defensible measures of both decentralization in its various dimensions as well as corruption for a sample of 158 countries. It is … comparative analysis. By pursuing rigorous econometric analysis we demonstrate that decentralization, when properly measured to …

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assessed the effectiveness of Bank support for decentralization between fiscal … measuring the results of decentralization, the evaluation used intermediate outcome indicators such as strengthened legal and … decentralization improved intermediate outcomes for service delivery in the education sector in 6 of the 20 countries. Bank support …