Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints
Title | Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Rodden |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780262182294 |
A multi-country study of the conditions under which decentralized countries might ensure fiscal discipline.
Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints
Title | Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Rodden |
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Release | 2000 |
Genre | Electronic book |
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Externalities and Bailouts
Title | Externalities and Bailouts PDF eBook |
Author | David E. Wildasin |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Bailouts (Government policy) |
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The Challenge of Fiscal Decentralization in Transition Countries
Title | The Challenge of Fiscal Decentralization in Transition Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Era Dabla-Norris |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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This paper examines key aspects of the ongoing decentralization process in transition economies and identifies areas where the present systems can have potentially adverse impacts on both service delivery and macroeconomic performance. We discuss three critical principles of a sound and efficient decentralized fiscal system-and then show the contrasts between these and actual trends and policies in transition countries.
Decentralization and the Provision of Public Services
Title | Decentralization and the Provision of Public Services PDF eBook |
Author | Aehyung Kim |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 27 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Banks and Banking Reform |
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Abstract: This paper discusses decentralization (administrative, fiscal and political) of government in public service provision. It aims to facilitate understanding among practitioners, policy makers, and scholars about what decentralization entails in practice compared to theory. A review of the empirical literature and experience of decentralization is presented. The paper highlights issues that policy makers in developing and transitional countries should be aware of when reforming government, considering their unique political and economic environment. The author argues that decentralization produces efficiency gains stemming from inter-jurisdictional competition, enhanced checks and balances over the government through voting at the subnational level, and informational advantages due to proximity to citizens. By contrast, arguments against decentralization include the risk of an increased level of corruption, coordination problems stemming from multiple layers of government, low capacity of subnational government, and unproductive inter-jurisdictional competition. Decentralization itself does not render increased government effectiveness in public service provision. Instead, the effectiveness of government largely depends on the quality of human capital and institutions.
Hamilton's Paradox
Title | Hamilton's Paradox PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Rodden |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521842697 |
As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. By combining theory, quantitative analysis, and historical and contemporary case studies, this book lays out the first systematic explanation of why decentralized countries have had dramatically different fiscal experiences. It provides insights into current policy debates from Latin America to the European Union, and a new perspective on a tension between the promise and peril of federalism that has characterized the literature since The Federalist Papers.
Cameroon - The Path to Fiscal Decentralization
Title | Cameroon - The Path to Fiscal Decentralization PDF eBook |
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Release | 2012 |
Genre | Electronic book |
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