Fiscal Devolution

Countries afflicted by claims of territorial sovereignty within nation states have been predominantly preoccupied with sharing of administrative and political powers, as in the case of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka. This article argues that fiscal devolution has the potential to empower the regions within contested nation states and thereby contribute to conflict resolution in countries afflicted by internal strife and armed conflict, taking Sri Lanka as a case in point.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Sarvananthan, Muttukrishna
Published in:	South Asian Survey. - Vol. 19.2012, 1, p. 101-111
Subject:	Conflict resolution \| fiscal devolution \| post-war reconstruction \| provincial public finance \| Sri Lanka \| tax reform

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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