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 Does decentralization increase responsiveness to local needs? Evidence from Bolivia / Faguet, Jean-Paul
Bolivia’s recent decentralization involved the creation of hundreds of new municipalities, devolution of substantial resources from central agencies to local governments, and the development of innovative institutions of local governance. Detailed study of investment sector-by-sector shows that objective indicators of need are the most important [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 44p., Bibliogr.
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johnssonwps3649
 Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management / Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil, the poorest part of the country. The Jaguaribe river basin is located entirely within the state of Ceara. With a drainage area of 72,560 square kilometers, it covers almost half of the state's territory [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 42p; Ref.;
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 Fiscal decentralization in emerging economies: governance issues / Fukasaku, Kiichiro
This collection of experiences of fiscal decentralisation across a wide range of OECD-Member and non-member economies reveals lessons which are equally of relevance to both groups of countries. A major finding is that fiscal decentralisation is often confused in the latter group of countries with the removal of central-government control over subna [...]
OECD; 1999 - 245p.
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grootaert
 Local institutions poverty, household welfare in Bolivia / Grootaert, Christiaan
The authors empirically estimate the impact of social capital on household welfare in Bolivia--where they found 67 different types of local associations. They focus on household memberships in local associations as being especially relevant to daily decisions that affect household welfare and consumption. On average, households belong to 1.4 groups [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 56p.
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subramanian
 User organizations for sustainable water services / Subramanian, Ashok
This paper addresses the basic question: under what conditions are user organizations most effective in managing water systems? The first part examines the conditions under which sustainable water user associations (WUAs) can be fostered in the irrigation sector. The second part deals with water and sanitation users' associations (WASAs) in the dom [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 162p.
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oecd
 Waging the global war on poverty: strategies and case studies / Halvorson-Quevedo, Raundi
Eradicating poverty has long been one of the priorities of development co-operation. Yet, despite undoubted progress towards this goal, the strategies adopted at the international and national levels remain controversial. Poverty reduction is a complex issue, involving numerous players in a host of economic, social, political and environmental poli [...]
OECD; 2000 - 235p., Bibliogr.
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 Fiscal Decentralization in DEveloping and Transition Economies : Progress, Problems, and the Promise / Shah, Anwar
The author discusses the revolution in public sector thinking that is transforming the public sectors of developing and transition countries. Countries are reconsidering their fiscal systems and searching for the right balance between central government control and decentralized governance. Political decentralization has advanced in most countries.. [...]
The World Bank; 2004 - 47p; Ref.
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 On the measurement and impact of fiscal decentralization / Ebel, Robert D.
The typical post-Bretton Woods era development approach that emphasized central government-led development efforts has changed dramatically, and local governments have clearly emerged as players in development policy. The thinking about what is important to achieve in development objectives is changing as fiscal decentralization reforms are being p [...]
World Bank; 2002 - 26p., Ref.
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 Decentralization in Latin America : learning though experience / Peterson, George E.
This report focuses on the critical choices for those nations undergoing decentralization in Latin America and the Caribbean. During the last ten years, the region has gone through a vast democratic transition, carrying along the decentralization initiatives, thereby expanding power-sharing arrangements to local governments, with a local spending i [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 38p.
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 Popular participation in Bolivia: does law "participacion population" secure participation of the social bolivian population? / Aandersson, Vibeke
CDR; 2000 - 18p., Ref.
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 Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries. A comparative Perspective / Bardhan, Pranab
Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic [...]
The MIT Press; 2006 - 363p; Ref.;
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Decentralization0in0Madagascar
 Decentralization in Madagascar / World Bank
This paper takes stock of Madagascar's first 10 years of decentralization. As it happened in many other developing countries, particularly in Africa, Madagascar's decentralization process has seen reversals, uncertainties and lack of clarity all along. This explains why Madagascar, despite the experience with decentralization, remains a highly cent [...]
World Bank; 2004 - 97p; Ref.
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wps4042
 Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance Within a Responsible Fiscal Framework. South African Case / van Ryneveld, Philip
Since South Africa held its first democratic elections in 1994, it has given significant attention to building an effective system of decentralization including provincial and local government. While provincial governments are responsible mainly for the implementation of social services such as health and education, the provision of much of the urb [...]
The Work Bank; 2006 - 17p
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WPS2711
 Identifying class size effects in developing countries: Evidence from rural schools in Bolivia / Urquiola, Miguel
Although class size has attracted great interest as a policy instrument, inferences on its effects are controversial. Recent work highlights a particular way to consider the endogeneity issues that affect this variable: class size is often correlated with enrollment, which may in turn be related to socioeconomic status. In Bolivia, the author shows [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 34p., Ref.
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 How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities during the 1990s? / Estache, Antonio
This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For respectively, electricity, water and sanitation, and telecomm [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 24p; bib.
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water
 Water resources management / World Bank
Water resources have been one of the most important areas of the Bank's lending during the past three decades. Water is an increasingly scarce resource requiring careful economic and environmental management. As the demand for water increases for human, industrial and irrigated agriculture, new challenges call for new approaches to supplying water [...]
World Bank; 1993 - 140p., Bibliogr.
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WPS1832
 Pension reform in Bolivia: innovative solutions to common problems / von Gersdorff, Hermann
Bolivia's bold program of pension reform involved the immediate closing down of the old pay-as-you-go system and its replacement by a defined-contribution system based on individual capitalization accounts and managed by the private sector. The pensions of the old system will be covered by the Bolivian Treasury. Workers will receive compensatory pe [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 26p., Ref.
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privatesector
 The private sector and development : five case studies / World Bank
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is in the business of reducing poverty and encouraging economic development in poorer countries through the private sector. IFC carries out this mandate primarily by investing in a wide variety of private projects in developing countries, always investing with other sponsors [...]
World Bank; - 57p.
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wps1657
 Is there an Optimal Structure for decentralized provision of Roads ? / Humplick, Frannie
The authors empirically investigate how decentralization affects the efficiency of road provision from the viewpoint of the local goods provider and the road user. The theoretical model: a double cost hidden level effort. They include both user and provider concerns in determining the optimal decentralization level [...]
World Bank; 1996 - 41p., Bibliogr.
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wps1259
 The reform of fiscal systems in developing and emerging market economies: A Federalism perspective / Boadway, Robin
The authors review experiences with fiscal federalism in industrial countries and present a framework for a reform of fiscal systems in developing and transition economies. They indicate how the benefits of decentralized decisionmaking in a federal system can be achieved in a manner consistent with the objectives of national efficiency and equity. [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 67p.
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