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2 Subjects: “...National Governance...”

3 “...) of subnational governments. They are also used to advance national, regional, and local area objectives...”

4 “... decision making at the local level rather than at the sub-national levels used in the existing literature...”

5 “...Intergovernmental finance is a significant source of sub-national finance in most countries...”

6 “... poorer regions to integrate with the broader national and global economies have the best potential...”

7 “... helps to break the monopoly of power at the national level by bringing decisionmaking closer to people...”

8 “... jurisdictions for the achievement of national objectives and to influence local priorities. This paper examines...”

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