Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires continued high
levels of public sector investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and …

Since the introduction of regional autonomy legislation in 1999, I ndonesia has embarked on
the world's biggest experiment with democratic decentralization. The intertwined processes …

Decentralization as an approach to development administration occupies an important
conceptual position within the development discourse. Manor sums up the situation nicely …

This book explores the important topic of fiscal decentralization in Asian countries, and
focuses on how government finance and administration are being reformed to bring …

This companion volume to the'World Development Report 2009'comprises twenty papers
authored by noted Asian scholars. These studies highlight how, throughout East Asia …

We document the presence of fiscal disparities among subnational governments (SNG) in
Latin America and show the limitations of existing intergovernmental transfer systems to …

T he tax-sharing system reform of 1994 brought China's intergovernmental fiscal system
much closer to international practice. It also moved China out of the precarious fiscal …

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization
and pro-poor outcomes based on the role of fiscal incentives. The literature on the …

This paper assesses how decentralization can contribute, if proper political and fiscal
institutions are present, to improving service delivery in Asia. In other words, decentralization …

Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more rapid economic growth
than China and Vietnam. But while China's income inequality has risen rapidly over that …