Title: The politics of partial decentralization

Authors: Devarajan, Shantayanan and Khemani, Stuti and Shah, Shekhar

Place: [Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank]

Year: 2007

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, public opinion, accountability, development planning, budgeting, decentralization in government, bangladesh

Abstract: This paper argues that unless local governments have the discretion to choose among competing uses subject to a budget constraint, and citizens know this and have a way of evaluating whether the government’s decision was a good one, the decentralization will only be partial.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/Khemani_PoliticsOfPartialDecentralization.pdf

Document type: Portal