This paper reviews the literature on taxation of the informal economy, taking stock of key debates and drawing attention to recent innovations. Conventionally, the debate on whether …
RM Bird, M Smart - World development, 2002 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the central issues that arise in designing intergovernmental transfers and surveys the approaches adopted in a number of countries, with special emphasis on …
L Hooghe, G Marks - Handbook on multi-level governance, 2010 - elgaronline.com
Centralized authority has given way to new forms of governing. 2 Formal authority has been dispersed from central states both up to supranational institutions and down to regional and …
Fiscal decentralization may indeed have a direct impact on economic growth but the theoretical underpinnings for this relationship remain largely undeveloped. A fair summary …
This article seeks to shed new light on the study of decentralized natural resource governance by applying institutional theories of polycentricity—the relationships among …
J Gerring, SC Thacker - British Journal of Political Science, 2004 - cambridge.org
A raft of new research on the causes and effects of political corruption has emerged in recent years, in tandem with a separate, growing focus on the effects of political institutions on …
Abstract The typical post-Bretton Woods era development approach that emphasized central government-led development efforts has changed dramatically, and local governments have …
P Smoke - Public Administration and Development, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Decentralization is among the most globally ubiquitous public sector reforms. In the past few decades, many countries have taken formal steps to empower local governments, typically …
P Smoke - … and Development: The International Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Decentralisation is a complex and often somewhat elusive phenomenon. Many countries around the world have been attempting—for several reasons and with varying degrees of …