One constant refrain in evaluations and reviews of decentralization is that the results are
mixed. But given that decentralization is a complex intervention or phenomenon, what is …

Policy Points: For more than 3 decades, international development agencies have
advocated health system decentralization to improve health system performance in low‐and …

A health system has three key stakeholders, the State—at national and subnational levels—
the health service providers and the citizens. In most settings and especially in peacetime …

Although several semi-arid African countries are decentralizing water services and
attempting to increase the participation of local actors in water resource management, how …

This paper examines whether an increase in political decentralization, which is a global
trend, affects income inequality. It argues that the effect of decentralization on equality lies …

Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to
the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to …

We present findings of the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting (PB)
model carried out in rural Russia within the context of a major decentralization reform. The …

People are increasingly unhappy with their governments in democracies around the world.
In countries as diverse as India, Ecuador, and Uganda, governments are responding to …

Increased administrative discretion for human resource and financial management is
commonly seen as a key component of efficient service delivery. However, the directive …

1.3. Reformtípusok 17 1.4. A területi reformok folyamatának főbb jellemzői 24 1.5. Kelet-
európai sajátosságok 27 2. A (regionális) decentralizáció összehasonlítási és mérési …