This insightful study examines the decentralization experiences from 15 countries in different regions of the world … enough to either derail or significantly delay their decentralization objectives …

In this paper we use the new Government Revenue Dataset to analyse fiscal decentralization. We find that developed … fiscally decentralized regions. In our econometric analysis, we examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and … the shadow economy. We hypothesize that decentralization can negatively or positively affect the size of the shadow …

decentralization indeed improves health service delivery in the Philippines. There is lack of studies that employ rigorous quantitative …-based/informed policymaking. In particular, the study proposes an analytical framework that examines the effects of fiscal decentralization on …/degree of fiscal decentralization affecting the health sector. Such endeavor is the first ever attempt to measure the extent …

The literature on socio economic implications of fiscal decentralization (FD) has recently been expanding, though only … budget deficits. Using various measures of both expenditure and revenue decentralization in a large panel data set, we show …