governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …

In this paper, we investigate the impacts of political decentralization and women reservation in local governance on … institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a … significant positive association between political decentralization and institutional births. We also find that the increased …

In this paper, we investigate the impacts of political decentralization and women reservation in local governance on … institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a … significant positive association between political decentralization and institutional births. We also find that the increased …

What is decentralization, what is its underpinning rationale, and why might it matter for least-developed countries … decentralization into clear empirical conclusions; and (ii) to derive policy lessons relevant to least-developed countries. It first … reviews the different definitions of decentralization employed in the literature before proposing one best suited to countries …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

public goods. Therefore, my findings indicate that decentralization can lead to a failure in the provision of local public …

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of … governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable … Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which …

In recent decades, decentralization reforms have surged across the Global South, aiming to bring governance closer to … in decentralization reforms in SSA. Using new data from administrative reports complemented by primary and secondary … governance with important implications for shaping decentralization reforms. …