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The Politics of Partial Decentralization

In: Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?

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  • Shantayanan Devarajan
  • Stuti Khemani
  • Shekhar Shah

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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the intergovernmental literature first outlined in the Handbook of Fiscal Federalism. New empirical evidence from across the globe is presented: policy-oriented chapters evaluate fiscal federalism with an emphasis on the effectiveness of decentralized service delivery, the decentralization process in different parts of the world is appraised, and specially commissioned research focuses on the political economy process and the outcomes of the decentralization process. The role of international agencies, as explicit donors, is examined in several chapters.

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  • Shantayanan Devarajan & Stuti Khemani & Shekhar Shah, 2009. "The Politics of Partial Decentralization," Chapters, in: Ehtisham Ahmad & Giorgio Brosio (ed.), Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?, chapter 5, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. World Bank, 2012. "Cameroon - The Path to Fiscal Decentralization : Opportunities and Challenges," World Bank Publications - Reports 11875, The World Bank Group.
    2. Cheng, Yuk-Shing & Chung, Kim-Sau, 2013. "Too many mothers-in-law?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 69-76.
    3. Joanis, Marcelin, 2014. "Shared accountability and partial decentralization in local public good provision," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 28-37.
    4. van den Boogaard, Vanessa & Beach, Rachel, 2023. "Tax and Governance in Rural Areas: The Implications of Inefficient Tax Collection," Working Papers 17934, Institute of Development Studies, International Centre for Tax and Development.
    5. Gómez Sabaini, Juan Carlos & Jiménez, Juan Pablo, 2012. "The financing of subnational governments," Copublicaciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 2030.
    6. World Bank, 2014. "Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent : Results of the Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Decentralized Basic Service Delivery in Ethiopia," World Bank Publications - Reports 17838, The World Bank Group.

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