Some Remarks on Fiscal Decentralization and Governance
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It is a great honor for me to participate in this conference. During my presentation, I would like to focus on the links between decentralization and governance. My remarks are based on my experience as a World Bank economist providing policy advice to countries of Eastern Europe, in particular Hungary. Furthermore I will draw on recent research on decentralization in which I participated (Dethier, 2000). I will thus draw on several ideas of friends and colleagues of mine and I would like to begin by acknowledging their influence.
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