Fiscal decentralization in Belgium progressed substantially in 2015-19. However, as decentralization of expenditure responsibilities continued to outpace decentralization of revenue authority, ...

Fiscal decentralization refers to the transfer of revenue‐raising powers and expenditure responsibilities from central to subnational governments. In the environmental sphere, this institutional ...

Fiscal decentralization has been, and remains high on the policy agenda of many countries. It is mainly driven by political pressures, which tend to be especially evident in countries with multiple ...

Fiscal decentralization denotes the devolution of expenditure responsibilities and revenue-raising authority from central governments to subnational jurisdictions. It rests on the principle that ...

China has experienced an unprecedented period of growth over the last three decades, partly reflecting big structural changes. Nonetheless, productivity has slowed in recent years, raising concerns ...

In a recent IMF working paper, the impact of fiscal decentralisation has been explored on public service delivery using 64 countries inclusive of advanced, emerging and developing countries over a ...

ISLAMABAD: As record Rs1.863 trillion budget deficit during the last fiscal year has once again exposed pitfalls of fiscal decentralisation under the 18th Amendment, the country’s top economist seeks ...

A series of decentralization reforms started in April 2000, at the end of Prime Minister Obuchi Keizō’s administration (1998–2000), and continued through September 2006, when Koizumi Jun’ichirō was ...

In this paper, I test the effect of fiscal decentralisation on ethnic conflict while emphasising state capacities as a crucial mediating variable. I assume that fiscal decentralisation is unlikely to ...

There is a growing interest in the issue of decentralisation of political, administrative, economic and financial dimensions. Its concern has come in the context of the trend that aims to expand the ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The annual general meeting and conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PIDE) on Tuesday (today) will focus on fiscal decentralisation following the passage of the ...