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The architecture of government : rethinking political decentralization
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In this article, the authors propose a decentralization approach based on checks, balances, and freedom, where data to the rescue is used to solve the problem of ethnic conflict and secession.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. The political process 3. Administrative efficiency 4. Competition among governments 5. Fiscal policy and redistribution 6. Fiscal coordination and incentives 7. Citizens and government 8. Checks, balances, and freedom 9. Acquiring and using knowledge 10. Ethnic conflict and secession 11. Data to the rescue? 12. Conclusion: rethinking decentralization.read more
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Can Decentralization Increase Social Capital Among Bureaucrats? Evidence from Health Sector Reform in Honduras
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the ways in which changes in governance structure influence cooperation and social capital among the actual public officials charged with delivering health services to rural communities, and they find that decentralization does facilitate greater cooperation among bureaucrats, likely due to more frequent contact between individuals at different positions within the service delivery hierarchy, thus allowing access to greater reserves of social capital.
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Modelling local autonomy and dependence through cooperative relations
Lluís Medir Tejado,Esther Pano +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors take previous typologies as a starting point to theoretically build and empirically test a model of cooperative relations based on two selected indicators: the degree of autonomy-dependence and degree of rigidity-flexibility of the cooperative system.
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Selling the Idea of Local Power: Decentralization Reforms Since the 1990s
TL;DR: Hijino et al. as discussed by the authors show how the ideas of decentralization and local power have changed, specifically in the way it has been publically promoted by the political leadership to Japanese voters since the 1990s.
Decentralization reform under the economic crisis in South Korea
TL;DR: Park et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed decentralization reform under the economic crisis in South Korea, reports,Gothenburg,SwedenCenter for International Business Studies,24 2017, p. 1.
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An Economic Theory of Democracy
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A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
TL;DR: The authors show that the Musgrave-Samuelson analysis, which is valid for federal expenditures, need not apply to local expenditures, and restate the assumptions made by Musgrave and Samuelson and the central problems with which they deal.