Let {Xn} be a strictly stationary [phi]-mixing process with [Sigma]j=1[infinity] [phi]1/2(j) [infinity]. It is shown in the paper that if X1 is uniformly distributed on the unit interval, then, for any t [set membership, variant] [0, 1], Fn-1(t) - t + Fn(t) - t = O(n-3/4(log log n)3/4) a.s. and...

While local governments are increasingly being vested with control over funds for public goods, concern over the capture of decentralized funds by local elites has led decentralization to be combined with central mandates which require a certain proportion of funds to directly benefit the poor....