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Fiscal Consolidation and Decentralisation: A Tale of Two Tiers* [PDF]

Fiscal Studies, 2005
This paper contributes to the established literature on fiscal consolidations by investigating the distinct behaviour of central and sub-central tiers of government during general government consolidation attempts. In the light of different degrees of decentralisation across OECD countries, and the different responsibilities devolved to sub-central ...
Julia Darby, V. Anton Muscatelli, Graeme Roy   +2 more
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UNDERSTANDING INTRA-HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION IN INDONESIA

Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 2014
Decentralisation provides regional government with greater authority to deliver various public services. It is expected that decentralisation will improve people welfare due to proximity. This study is aimed to investigate whether there is improvement in
Heru Wibowo
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Kemampuan Kuangan Daerah Studi Kasus Kota Jambi dalam Pelaksanaan Otonomi Daerah

JKAP (Jurnal Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik), 2015
One of the crucial benchmark for the success of of decentralisation policy in Indonesia is whether it will improve local financial capacity. It is undeniable that, with the centralistic tendency of national development strategy in the past, local ...
Anita Wulandari
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Fiscal Decentralisation in Lesotho: A Closer Look at Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

African Journal of Governance and Development
The concept of fiscal decentralisation is explained to be central to all models of decentralisation of public services to subnational governments. Fiscal decentralisation is generally referred to as the transfer of budget powers in terms of revenue and ...
TJ MOHAPI , VT SAMBO
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Understanding territorial inequalities in decentralised welfare systems: early childhood education and care system expansion in Croatia

Public Sector Economics, 2023
The decentralised provision of social services raises concerns about availability of services in different geographical areas, particularly in low- and middleincome countries with weak governance and fiscal redistributive capacities.
Ivana Dobrotic, Teo Matkovic
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Incidence de la décentralisation sur l’investissement local au Bénin

Revue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, 2018
L’un des objectifs fondamentaux de la décentralisation est le développement à la base, à travers l’investissement local (Lemieux, 2001). Différents travaux (Besson, 2002 ; Tsobzé et al, 2007) convergent sur l’idée que l’investissement des collectivités ...
Bernard Godonou HOUNMENOU
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Optimising Fiscal Decentralisation: Addressing Financial Management Challenges in Gorontalo Province

Policy & Governance Review
Fiscal decentralisation is the basic capital to reach better governance, regional development, and fiscal autonomy. This paper discusses financial management barriers and opportunities in the Gorontalo Province, a region with low fiscal autonomy, as ...
Danial Ibrahim, Asna Aneta, Eduart Wolok, Yanti Aneta   +3 more
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Decentralization for improving the provision of public services in developing countries: A critical review

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020
Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local service provision.
Christopher Dick-Sagoe
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Fiscal Decentralisation: The Swiss Case [PDF]

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2003
Switzerland provides a potential laboratory for testing various hypotheses connected with tax competition because of its extremely decentralized fiscal system. Twenty-six cantons (some of them extremely small) have retained the ultimate power of deciding tax questions, and hence not only to limit the Federal level of the State to about 1/3 of total ...
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Own Revenue Growth of Rural Local Governments and Socio-Economic Challenges [PDF]

SocioEconomic Challenges
Addressing socioeconomic challenges related to fiscal decentralisation and rural development highlights the growing importance of strengthening the own-revenue capacity of rural local governments for improving financial sustainability and service ...
Bishnu Prasad Mohapatra
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