Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the inte...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Ehtisham
Other Authors: Brosio, Giorgio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar c2009
Series:Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
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520 |a Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the intergovernmental literature first outlined in the Handbook of Fiscal Federalism. New empirical evidence from across the globe is presented: policy-oriented chapters evaluate fiscal federalism with an emphasis on the effectiveness of decentralized service delivery, the decentralization process in different parts of the world is appraised, and specially commissioned research focuses on the political economy process and the outcomes of the decentralization process. The role of international agencies, as explicit donors, is examined in several chapters 
520 |a pt. 1. Positive approaches -- pt. 2. What do we know? -- pt. 3. Selected normative and policy issues