Donor support for decentralization comes in two main categories: recommendations at the policy level and project … activities at the programming level. At the policy level, donors promote decentralization by recommending greater autonomy for … subnational actors. That is, they advocate for reforms that increase the extent (or 'quantity') of decentralization. At the …

ODA to sub-Saharan Africa in 2008. Although, billions of dollars in ODA are poured into developing countries each year …

Tanzania has been a relative success story in Africa in terms of political reform. While foreign aid has helped … accountability in decentralization and in public goods provision. -- Tanzania ; democratization ; accountability ; foreign aid … ; decentralization ; public goods …

In many African countries, decentralization has long been viewed as a means for improving local service delivery. Yet …, despite various decentralization initiatives, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in two of Kenya's largest … cities, Nairobi and Mombasa. Despite various governance reforms to enhance Kenya's decentralization process, backed up by …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. -- foreign aid ; growth …

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …

This paper empirically studies the impact of decentralization on foreign aid effectiveness. For this purpose, we … decentralization. Our panel estimations reveal that fiscal decentralization negatively impacts aid effectiveness, while measures of … political decentralization have no significant effect or even a positive one. This result is robust for grants and overall ODA …

. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together …

How does aid impact democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on existing literature, this study elaborates on the …-offs that remain unresolved. -- accountability ; Africa ; democratic consolidation ; foreign aid ; party systems …