Purpose: The issue of income inequality in various regions of Indonesia is a significant national concern that requires immediate attention. Despite the government's efforts through fiscal decentralization policies, inequality persists. This study decisively explores the impact of fiscal...

The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between certain institutional variables and the effectiveness of fiscal decentralisation in Latin America. To fulfil this objective, we took a sample of 15 Latin American countries for the years 1996 to 2020 to estimate the logarithm...

We investigate the impact of foreign aid on inter-governmental transfers in India. While anecdotal evidence suggests that the central government substitutes fiscal transfers with earmarked foreign aid for state governments (fungibility), empirical evidence is scant due to the complex procedure...

As decentralization is a cross-cutting concept, there are many ways to measure it. This short note aims to unpack the concepts of decentralization by conducting a global literature review. It starts with a review of the traditional ways of approaching decentralization and the history of its...

The People's Republic of China's (PRC) fiscal system is characterized by very high expenditure decentralization and heavy reliance on transfers to finance public services. The government's embrace of inclusiveness and equalization as national goals has raised questions about whether transfers...

Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...