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Aug 10, 2020 · Quality service delivery needs decentralization. However, decentralization, in itself, does not lead to quality service provision. Available evidence indicates a failure of decentralised local governments in public service provision in developing countries (Lewis & Smoke, Citation 2015; Martinez-Vazquez, Lagos-Panas et al., Citation 2015b ...
- Christopher Dick-Sagoe
- 2020
understanding between decentralization and service provision within the developing countries’ perspective. The organization of the rest of the paper is given below. It begins with reviews on the practical and theoretical arguments on decentralization and service provision and explains the missing link
- Christopher Dick-Sagoe
- 2020
Jan 1, 2020 · understanding between decentralization and service provision within the developing countries’ perspective. The organization of the rest of the paper is given below.
- Abstract
- Aehyung Kim Acknowledgements
- What Is Decentralization?
- First, this paper discussed several definitions of decentralization. It showed that devolution is often used interchangeably with decentralization, while delegation is often substituted for de-concentration. In general, decentralization refers to the independent decision-making authority of subnational government in its administrative, fiscal, and political affairs. But in reality, most countries are likely to simultaneously deal with issues related to these two dimensions (e.g., delegation and devolution) of decentralization, not just one or the other.
This paper discusses decentralization (administrative, fiscal and political) of government in public service provision. It aims to facilitate understanding among practitioners, policy makers, and scholars about what decentralization entails in practice compared to theory. A review of the empirical literature and experience of decentralization is pr...
I am indebted to many individuals. I would like to thank Michael Bell, Martin Lardone, Garbor Peteri, Rémy Prud'homme, Vito Tanzi, and Serdar Yilmaz for their insightful comments on earlier drafts, and I am also grateful to Pranab Bardhan, Robert Ebel, Boris Pleskovic, Steve Webb, Roland White, and Howard Wolman for their helpful discussions in de...
When discussing decentralization, it is implicitly assumed that countries have different levels of government (central, regional/state, municipal/local) with different degrees of decision-making power. Some political scientists argue that each level of government in a federal system should have independent authority: on this definition, only a few...
Second, the paper presented efficiency arguments for decentralization, by examining theories of federalism where each level of government has a comparative advantage in the provision of particular public services. For example, the central government might be more efficient in dealing with macrostabilization and redistribution policies. However, su...
Sep 4, 2013 · Fiscal decentralization in developing countries: A review of current concepts and practice. Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Program Paper Number 2, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, February.
- Soumyadip Chattopadhyay
- 2013
Aug 13, 2015 · Service Provision turns to decentralization’s effects on health and education services, anti -poverty programs, etc. with original evidence from 12 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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Dec 19, 2021 · The literature has highlighted some common development objectives that decentralized governance is intended to achieve. It is often envisaged that decentralization will fulfil development objectives such as improved efficiency in the provision of public services; the promotion of local empowerment, economic development, poverty reduction; and improved distributional equity, among many others.
