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Does Decentralization Increase Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia

Significant changes in public investment patterns - in both the sectoral uses of funds, and their geographic distribution - emerged after Bolivia devolved substantial resources from central agencies, to municipalities in 1994. By far the most impor...

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Main Author: Faguet, Jean-Paul
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
AGRICULTURE
AUTHORITY
BUREAUCRACY
CAPITALS
CENTRAL AGENCIES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CITIES
CITIZENS
CONSENSUS
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION REFORM
DECONCENTRATION
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DEVOLUTION
DISTRICTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPENDITURE
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
INCOME
INEFFICIENCY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
LEGISLATURES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY
MERIT GOOD
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
MUNICIPALITIES
MUNICIPALITY
NATIONAL TERRITORY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE GOODS
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION OF STATE
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
PUBLIC SERVICES
REPRESENTATIVES
REVENUE SHARING
REVOLUTION
SEPARATION OF POWERS
SOCIAL PACT
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL WELFARE
TAX REVENUES
TAXATION
TRADITIONAL ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT
UNDERESTIMATES
UPPER HOUSE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
VOTERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888084/decentralization-increase-responsiveness-local-needs-evidence-bolivia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19723

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