Fiscal Decentralization in Turkey and Differentiation in Selected Provinces

Spatial Analysis over the Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on the Mortality Rate in Iranian Provinces

Background: Many previous empirical studies indicated appropriate implementation of the fiscal decentralization and transfer of resources and expenses from the central government to local governments was an important factor to improve health outcomes in developing countries. Accordingly, the major purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of fiscal decentralization indicators on the mort...

Fiscal Decentralization And Economic Growth: A Nonlinear Model For Provinces Of Iran

Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization

The international integration of markets and the decentralization of authority within nation states are two defining trends of the contemporary era. A popular speculation is that globalization has caused a downward shift in the locus of governance by reducing the economic costs of smallness and allowing localities and regions with distinctive preferences to pursue their own political and econom...

Worldwide Trends in Fiscal Decentralization*

What is the best arrangement of fiscal powers and responsibilities between the different levels of government? This is a question at the center of policy debate in countries around the world (Bird, 1993). It is not an issue restricted to big countries, as many believe. Though it is an important concern in China and the United States, it is also under study in Nicaragua and the Baltics. Nor is i...

Fiscal Decentralization in Asia Revisited

There has been growing interest in fiscal decentralization in many developed and developing nations. There seem to be both (i) economic and (ii) political motives behind. Fiscal decentralization can be a way to cope with restructuring public sectors: it is expected to improving efficiency of public sector. Also, delegating power to a lower level government will make public policy more accountab...