Is decentralisation good for development? This book offers insights and lessons that help us
understand when the answer is' Yes', and when it is No'. It shows us how decentralisation …

We review empirical evidence on the ability of decentralization to enhance preference
matching and technical efficiency in the provision of health and education in developing …

The author's 1998 article on decentralization focused on the element of choice as the major
issue of decentralization–granting authority and responsibility for choice to administrative …

Institutional reforms are structural changes in the rules and norms of authority, with effects
that are long-term and unpredictable on government, politics, and society. But leaders may …

Increasingly, decentralization is being adopted by countries in which assumptions made by
formal models of decentralization, such as electoral accountability and population mobility …

We examine how decentralization affects four key aspects of state strength:(i) Authority over
territory and conflict prevention,(ii) Policy autonomy and the ability to uphold the law,(iii) …

I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics it unleashed in
Bangladesh. I argue that the national effects of decentralization are largely the sum of its …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an
original database covering all of the country's regions and woredas (local governments) …

Across the globe, governments continue to seek ways to enhance the provision of public
services. Shifts toward decentralization to empower local governments have also been met …

Over two centuries, Colombia transferred vast quantities of land, equivalent to the entire UK
landmass, mainly to landless and poor peasants. And yet Colombia retains one of the …