Is Decentralization Good for Development?

Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers
Herausgeber: Faguet, Jean-Paul; Poschl, Caroline

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Produktbeschreibung

Is decentralisation good for development? This book explains when the answer is 'Yes' and when it is 'No'. It shows how decentralisation can be designed to drive development forward, and focuses on the institutional incentives that can strengthen democracy, boost economies, and improve public sector performance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780198737506
• ISBN-10: 0198737505
• Artikelnr.: 47865526

Autorenporträt

Jean-Paul Faguet is Professor of the Political Economy of Development at the London School of Economics. He is also Chair of the Decentralization Task Force at Columbia University's Initiative for Policy Dialogue. His research blends quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the institutions and organizational forms that underpin rapid development. He has published extensively in the academic literature, including Governance from Below: Decentralization and Popular Democracy in Bolivia, which won the W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for best political science book of 2012. His teaching and research focus on comparative political economy, new institutional economics, economic development and economic history. Caroline Pöschl is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. Her dissertation explores the relationship between taxation and accountability at the local government level in Mexico. Caroline has experience working on decentralisation, subnational management, and taxation at the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. Her research interests include local governance and decentralisation.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl: Is Decentralization Good For
Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers
* Part I: Decentralization, Stability and the Strengthening of the
State
* 2: Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Jean-Paul Faguet: Why I
Decentralized Bolivia
* 3: Ali Cheema, Adnan Q. Khan, and Roger Myerson: Breaking the
Countercyclical Pattern of Local Democracy in Pakistan
* 4: Mani Shankar Aiyar: Inclusive Governance for Inclusive
Development: The History, Politics and Economics of Panchayat Raj
* 5: Matteo Grazzi and Fidel Jaramillo: Is Latin America on the Path to
Achieving Sustainable Fiscal Decentralization?
* 6: Jean-Paul Faguet, Ashley M. Fox, and Caroline Pöschl: Does
Decentralization Strengthen or Weaken the State? Authority and Social
Learning in a Supple State
* Part II: Designing Decentralization: Taxes, Transfer, and
Expenditures
* 7: Caroline Pöschl and Barry R. Weingast: The Fiscal Interest
Approach: The Design of Tax and Transfer Systems
* 8: Giorgio Brosio and Juan Pablo Jimenez: Maintaining Taxes at the
Centre Despite Decentralization: Interactions with National Reforms
* 9: Stuti Khemani: Political Capture of Decentralization: Vote Buying
through Grants to Local Jurisdictions
* Part III: Decentralization and Local Service Provision
* 10: Joseph J. Capuno, Stella A. Quimbo, Aleli D. Kraft, Carlos
Antonio R. Tan, Jr., and Vigile Marie B. Fabella: Does yardstick
competition influence local government fiscal behaviour in the
Philippines?
* 11: Bingqin Li and Yongmei Zhang: Area-Based Competition and Awards
as a Motivation Tool for Public Service Provision: The Experience of
Xining, China
* 12: Thomas J. Bossert: Empirical Studies of an Approach to
Decentralization: 'Decision Space' in Decentralized Health Systems
* 13: Pranab Bardhan, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, and Abhirup
Sarkar: Political Participation, Clientelism, and Targeting of Local
Government Programs: Results from a Rural Household Survey in West
Bengal, India