Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction

By:

Ahmad Ehtisham Ed

Contributor(s):

Brosio Giorgio

Publication details: London Edward Elgar 2009Description: 401P viii HBISBN:

9781848445529

DDC classification:

339.46 AHM

Contents:

Contents: Preface 1. Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction? Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio PART I: POSITIVE APPROACHES 2. Information Distortion, Elite Capture and Task Complexity in Decentralized Development Jean-Philippe Platteau 3. Governance Dilemmas in Service Delivery Pranab Bardhan 4. Political Economy Approaches to Fiscal Decentralization Ben Lockwood 5. The Politics of Partial Decentralization Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shekhar Shah PART II: WHAT DO WE KNOW? 6. What Do We Know? Evidence on Decentralization and Local Service Provision Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio 7. Decentralization in Bolivia: Has it Made a Difference? Gabriela Inchauste 8. Uganda: Managing More Effective Decentralization Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio and Maria Gonzalez 9. The Impact of Decentralization on Education in Poland Maciej Jakubowski and Irena Topińska 10. Evaluating the Effects of Decentralization on Public Service Delivery: The Spanish Experience Albert Solé-Ollé PART III: SELECTED NORMATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES 11. Decentralization and Public Service Provision – A Framework for Pro-poor Institutional Design Regina Birner and Joachim von Braun 12. Fiscal Policy Instruments and the Political Economy of Designing Programs to Reach the Poorest Ehtisham Ahmad 13. Subnational Insolvency and Governance: Cross-country Experiences and Lessons Lili Liu and Michael Waibel Index

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	MPP SECTIO	MPP Section	339.46 AHM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		35200

Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

Decentralization in Government

Poverty - Political Aspects

Contents:

Preface

1. Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?
Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio

PART I: POSITIVE APPROACHES
2. Information Distortion, Elite Capture and Task Complexity in Decentralized Development
Jean-Philippe Platteau

3. Governance Dilemmas in Service Delivery
Pranab Bardhan

4. Political Economy Approaches to Fiscal Decentralization
Ben Lockwood

5. The Politics of Partial Decentralization
Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shekhar Shah

PART II: WHAT DO WE KNOW?
6. What Do We Know? Evidence on Decentralization and Local Service Provision
Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio

7. Decentralization in Bolivia: Has it Made a Difference?
Gabriela Inchauste

8. Uganda: Managing More Effective Decentralization
Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio and Maria Gonzalez

9. The Impact of Decentralization on Education in Poland
Maciej Jakubowski and Irena Topińska

10. Evaluating the Effects of Decentralization on Public Service Delivery: The Spanish Experience
Albert Solé-Ollé

PART III: SELECTED NORMATIVE AND POLICY ISSUES
11. Decentralization and Public Service Provision – A Framework for Pro-poor Institutional Design
Regina Birner and Joachim von Braun

12. Fiscal Policy Instruments and the Political Economy of Designing Programs to Reach the Poorest
Ehtisham Ahmad

13. Subnational Insolvency and Governance: Cross-country Experiences and Lessons
Lili Liu and Michael Waibel

Index

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