We present a novel account of China's recent move to decentralize legislation through amending the Law on Legislation … (LL). Conventional wisdom pervading both Chinese political discourse and social scientific scholarship on China portrays …

apparent aim to decentralize legislative and executive powers. This paper shows that the Georgian efforts of decentralization …

rivalry in consumption of the publicly provided good. We identify three sources of welfare loss from decentralization … characteristics of the publicly provided good are an important determinant for the welfare costs of decentralization. …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

What is decentralization, what is its underpinning rationale, and why might it matter for least-developed countries … decentralization into clear empirical conclusions; and (ii) to derive policy lessons relevant to least-developed countries. It first … reviews the different definitions of decentralization employed in the literature before proposing one best suited to countries …

public goods. Therefore, my findings indicate that decentralization can lead to a failure in the provision of local public …

governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …

are co-partisans with presidents, while senators support decentralization regardless of such party ties. When House … with decentralization …

decentralization. Also, a number of theoretic simulation models have been built and analyzed that describe the interactions arising …