decentralization context for the success of participatory governance. …

This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of … electricity industry has indeed lessen poverty levels in urban Bolivia by making this utility more accessible to larger segments … of the urban population. The same cannot be said, however, about rural Bolivia. The results show that coverage has …

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. -- foreign aid ; growth …

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …