The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can make
government more accountable and responsive to the governed. Improving governance is …

This paper investigates whether the use of participatory budgeting in Brazilian municipalities
during 1990–2004 affected the pattern of municipal expenditures and had any impact on …

¿ 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 …

Fiscal decentralization has been implemented in many countries with an explicit objective of
improving public service delivery and reduce poverty. However, its effectiveness in …

This paper empirically investigates to what extent environmental education (EE) at school
can explain variation in environmental literacy of 15-year-olds in Colombia, while controlling …

By 2030 more than sixty percent of the world's population will live in urban areas, with most
of the world's population growth over the next twenty-five years being absorbed by cities and …

This study examines the causal effect of asymmetric fiscal decentralization on education and
health outcomes in Papua Province, Indonesia, from 1994 to 2016, using the Synthetic …

Decentralization is meant to improve access to public services, but relatively few studies
examine this question empirically. We explore the effects of decentralization on access to …

Small improvements in public goods and large increases in corruption are the commonly
found effects of government rents from natural resource extraction. These outcomes do not …