Corruption is defined in an occupational choice model as extra fees that must be paid by some entrepreneurs. Higher corruption leads to lower wages and total output. Income inequality follows a Kuznets relationship with both corruption and income. Two types of decentralization of the bribe-setters are distinguished, regional and bureaucratic. When mobility is imperfect, bureaucratic decentraliz...

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...

The most important theoretical argument concerning decentralization is that it can improve governance by making government more accountable and responsive to the governed. Improving governance is also central to the motivations of real-world reformers, who bear risks and costs in the interest of devolution. But the literature has mostly focused instead on policy-relevant outcomes, such as educa...

Editor – As highlighted by Andrew Green and his coworkers in relation to Balochistan, Pakistan (1), budgetary mechanisms for resource allocation are often a neglected component of policies of decentralization. This is particularly true when a single sector is decentralized. Any attempt to develop a needsbased allocation mechanism may deal with this problem to some extent, and several other meas...

Editor – As highlighted by Andrew Green and his coworkers in relation to Balochistan, Pakistan (1), budgetary mechanisms for resource allocation are often a neglected component of policies of decentralization. This is particularly true when a single sector is decentralized. Any attempt to develop a needsbased allocation mechanism may deal with this problem to some extent, and several other meas...

This thesis analyzes the state of educational decentralization in Vietnam with the purpose to analyze how education has been decentralized in Vietnam; and if it has been in accordance with the purpose of the international development institution present in Vietnam. The thesis presents a theoretical framework over public decentralization and educational decentralization. The theoretical framewor...