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Decentralization and local government performance

Year of publication 1997

Pages 31

Author Jean-Paul Faguet

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper reviews some of the more important rationales for decentralization to date, examines their theoretical underpinnings, and then goes on to describe the elements of a new theory of decentralization which might take us far in our understanding of its effectiveness and implications.

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