… decentralization in a large number of developing countries. The review indicates that, to date,
no one has demonstrated conclusively that decentralization … shows that decentralization is …

… decentralization in developing countries by bringing together a set of studies from a variety
of countries around the world. Decentralization in developing countries sometimes seems to …

… solution in some form of decentralization reform. But a successful decentralization effortw ill
… emo st s ig n ific antob sta c le on th eho riz on fo r genuine decentralization reform in Egypt. …

… , we can begin to document cases of decentralization, so that within a few years we may …
decentralization in industrial countries and how these institutions differ in developing countries, …

… that developing countries have low levels of expenditure and tax decentralization, both relative
to developed countries … that developing countries are less decentralized than developed …

… What conditions are necessary to make decentralization successful in developing countries?
This chapter addresses these questions by reviewing the theory of decentra lization and its …

… extent of public expenditure decentralization among developing countries, and to identify its
… decentralization has gone significantly farther in developed than in developing countries. …

… decentralization in developing countries. First, it considers why fiscal centralization has been
so prominent historically in developing countries… conventional fiscal decentralization theory …

… modernization and development to less-developed countries. … decentralization in various
lessdeveloped countries. In light of empirical evidence across countries in the less developed …

Decentralization has become a nearly universal feature of public sector reform in developing
countries, but it has unevenly met the often considerable and diverse expectations placed …