In this paper, we offer a comprehensive and updated review of the impact of fiscal
decentralization on the economy, society and politics. Our first target is the examination of …

经济分权是理解转型期中国的基本制度背景. 对财政分权程度的描述及作用机制的考察有助于
理解中国中央地方关系变动的逻辑. 因此, 科学合理地度量和使用分权指标是这些工作的基础和 …

摘要本文发现20 世纪90 年代中期以来中国地方公共品供给水平有下降趋势,
同时发现较高的公共品供给水平总是和较高的地方财政自主权联系在一起 …

A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related
in the long run to the skills of its population. In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger …

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in
part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior …

Most countries around the globe have one or two levels of regional or intermediate
government, yet we have little systematic idea of how much authority they wield, or how this …

Decentralization can improve service delivery, but it can also generate externalities across
jurisdictional boundaries. We examine the nature and size of water pollution externalities as …

¿ Cómo se puede resolver este rompecabezas de mayores demandas y fortalecimiento
fiscal? Esta edición de Desarrollo en las Américas (DIA) se centra precisamente en esta …

Bolivia decentralized in an effort to deepen democracy, improve public services, and make
government more accountable. Unlike many countries, Bolivia succeeded. Over the past …

We investigate the effects of the fiscal, administrative and political decentralization process
in Indonesia on budget allocation at the sub-national level. We find that after the large-scale …