Does fiscal decentralization lead to more efficient governance, better public goods, and higher economic growth? This paper tests hypotheses of the theoretical literature that results of decentralization depend on features of political institutions. Using data from up to 95 countries for 25 years we show that the effect of fiscal decentralization strongly depends on two aspects of political cen...

We congratulate Duncombe and colleagues for their interesting review concerning the role of the geographic information system (GIS) for dengue surveillance. They provide examples, particularly from the developing countries, showing the various functions of GIS to automate spatial identification, visualization, analysis, and decision making aiming to assist dengue-related public health actions. ...

c Preface This study reviews policies that have been adopted and action taken with a view to decentralization in the various countries of the region. It addresses the issue at two levels: national or macro level and urban or micro level. At the national level, the paper reviews the policies adopted by different countries in the region which address administrative, political and fiscal decentral...

The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to members of its Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent. INTRODUCTION Alongside the familiar economic and democratic-electoral reforms that have occurred in African countr...

abstract in this context, this article tries to presents a conceptual model of the factors affecting the government size and empirical test through econometric generalized methods of moments (gmm) by using data from 15 developing countries, review relationship between fiscal decentralization and the government size. the results of dynamic panel data indicate a positive effect of income and expe...

for more than three decades healthcare decentralization has been promoted in developing countries as a way of improving the financing and delivery of public healthcare. decision autonomy under healthcare decentralization would determine the role and scope of responsibility of local authorities. jalal mohammed, nicola north, and toni ashton analyze decision autonomy within decentralized services...

This paper investigates empirically the relationship between the pattern of fiscal policy and the demand for international reserves in developing countries, and how this relationship is associated with political risk and conditional access to global capital markets. It finds evidence that for developing countries with low political risk, countercyclical (procyclical) fiscal policies are associa...