Title: Decentralization and economic performance in Indonesia

Authors: Pepinsky, Thomas B. and Wihardja, Maria M.

Place: [Ithaca, NY

Publisher: Cornell university]

Year: 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, economic growth, institutional infrastructure, economic aspects, indonesia

Abstract: Decentralized government in Indonesia has not had a positive effect on national economic performance as a result of extreme heterogeneity in endowments, factor immobility, and the endogenous deterioration of local governance institutions. No negative effect was found, either.

URL: http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/tp253/docs/decentralization.pdf

Document type: E-article