Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?

Author(s)

• Ahmad, Ehtisham
• Brosio, Giorgio

Bibliographic Information

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?

edited by Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio

（Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance）

Edward Elgar, 2009

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? The expert contributors to this book address this fundamental question faced by policymakers and scholars in developing and advanced countries. The book illustrates that it is equally important for international agencies as well as bilateral donors to provide advice and assistance on decentralization that effectively supports poverty reduction.The volume builds on insights from the recent, political economy developments in the intergovernmental literature reviewed in the Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, and presents new empirical evidence on the effects of decentralization in different parts of the world. Policy-oriented papers evaluating the effectiveness of decentralized service delivery are presented. The role of institutions and the importance of sequencing of policies in ensuring effective outcomes are also considered. The volume presents some insightful empirical studies of the decentralization process from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. With a detailed empirical analysis of effective outcomes of public policies implemented at the sub-national level, and a focus on method, this book will be of great interest to academics specializing in public sector economics and public finance, and to national and international policymakers.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1. Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction? Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio PART I: POSITIVE APPROACHES 2. Information Distortion, Elite Capture and Task Complexity in Decentralized Development Jean-Philippe Platteau 3. Governance Dilemmas in Service Delivery Pranab Bardhan 4. Political Economy Approaches to Fiscal Decentralization Ben Lockwood 5. The Politics of Partial Decentralization Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shekhar Shah PART II: WHAT DO WE KNOW? 6. What Do We Know? Evidence on Decentralization and Local Service Provision Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 7. Decentralization in Bolivia: Has it Made a Difference? Gabriela Inchauste 8. Uganda: Managing More Effective Decentralization Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio and Maria Gonzalez 9. The Impact of Decentralization on Education in Poland Maciej Jakubowski and Irena Topinska 10. Evaluating the Effects of Decentralization on Public Service Delivery: The Spanish Experience Albert Sole-Olle PART III: SELECTED NORMATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES 11. Decentralization and Public Service Provision - A Framework for Pro-poor Institutional Design Regina Birner and Joachim von Braun 12. Fiscal Policy Instruments and the Political Economy of Designing Programs to Reach the Poorest Ehtisham Ahmad 13. Subnational Insolvency and Governance: Cross-country Experiences and Lessons Lili Liu and Michael Waibel Index

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Details

• NCID: BB00699152
• ISBN:
  • 9781848445529
• LCCN: 2009936230
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 401 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 339.46
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Poverty
  • LCSH : Poverty -- Political aspects
  • LCSH : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
  • LCSH : Decentralization in government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA29658615