Decentralization and Development Outcomes: What Does the Empirical Literature Really Say?

• Main Author: Canare, Tristan A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: decentralization; development; literature survey; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/155; https://hpe-rpe.org/wpfd_file/decentralization-and-development-outcomes-what-does-the-empirical-literature-really-say-2/
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article critically reviews the empirical literature on decentralization and its relationship with development outcomes. The analysis suggests that revenue decentralization and fiscal independence, or the ability of local governments to raise their own revenue rather than relying on transfers fr...