On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization

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 imp...

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Main Authors:	Ebel, Robert D., Yilmaz, Serdar
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; GOVERNMENT FINANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS; PUBLIC FINANCE; CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS; TAX REVENUES; SUBNATIONAL FINANCES; GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT; FISCAL MANAGEMENT; REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BORROWING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS DECONCENTRATION DEFICITS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STABILITY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT FEDERALISM FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL_DECENTRALIZATION FORMULA GRANTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS KINGDOMS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAX MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MILITARY REGIMES MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT POLICY CONTROL POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REVENUE SHARING SAFETY NETS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAXES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX CAPACITY TAX RATE TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TECHNOCRATS TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN PUBLIC FINANCE USER CHARGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1744000/measurement-impact-fiscal-decentralization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14821

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spelling	okr-10986-148212021-04-23T14:03:20Z On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization Ebel, Robert D. Yilmaz, Serdar DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; GOVERNMENT FINANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS; PUBLIC FINANCE; CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS; TAX REVENUES; SUBNATIONAL FINANCES; GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT; FISCAL MANAGEMENT; REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BORROWING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS DECONCENTRATION DEFICITS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STABILITY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT FEDERALISM FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL_DECENTRALIZATION FORMULA GRANTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS KINGDOMS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAX MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MILITARY REGIMES MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT POLICY CONTROL POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REVENUE SHARING SAFETY NETS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAXES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX CAPACITY TAX RATE TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TECHNOCRATS TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN PUBLIC FINANCE USER CHARGES 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 pursued by many countries around the world. In this context, a number of studies have attempted to quantify the impact of decentralization by relating some measure of it to economic outcomes of fiscal stability, economic growth, and public sector size. But decentralization is surprisingly difficult to measure. Nearly all cases examining the relationship between decentralization and macroeconomic performance have relied on the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) of the International Monetary Fund. However, despite its merits, GFS falls short in providing a full picture of fiscal decentralization. For some countries, however, there is data that more accurately captures fiscal responsibilities among different types of governments. 2013-08-06T16:39:42Z 2013-08-06T16:39:42Z 2002-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1744000/measurement-impact-fiscal-decentralization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14821 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2809 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; GOVERNMENT FINANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS; PUBLIC FINANCE; CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS; TAX REVENUES; SUBNATIONAL FINANCES; GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT; FISCAL MANAGEMENT; REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BORROWING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS DECONCENTRATION DEFICITS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STABILITY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT FEDERALISM FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL_DECENTRALIZATION FORMULA GRANTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS KINGDOMS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAX MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MILITARY REGIMES MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT POLICY CONTROL POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REVENUE SHARING SAFETY NETS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAXES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX CAPACITY TAX RATE TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TECHNOCRATS TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN PUBLIC FINANCE USER CHARGES
spellingShingle	DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; GOVERNMENT FINANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TAX RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS; PUBLIC FINANCE; CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS; TAX REVENUES; SUBNATIONAL FINANCES; GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT; FISCAL MANAGEMENT; REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY BORROWING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS DECONCENTRATION DEFICITS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STABILITY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT FEDERALISM FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL_DECENTRALIZATION FORMULA GRANTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS KINGDOMS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAX MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MILITARY REGIMES MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT POLICY CONTROL POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REVENUE SHARING SAFETY NETS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT TAXES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TAX CAPACITY TAX RATE TAX REVENUE TAX SHARING TAXATION TECHNOCRATS TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN PUBLIC FINANCE USER CHARGES Ebel, Robert D. Yilmaz, Serdar On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No.2809
description	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 pursued by many countries around the world. In this context, a number of studies have attempted to quantify the impact of decentralization by relating some measure of it to economic outcomes of fiscal stability, economic growth, and public sector size. But decentralization is surprisingly difficult to measure. Nearly all cases examining the relationship between decentralization and macroeconomic performance have relied on the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) of the International Monetary Fund. However, despite its merits, GFS falls short in providing a full picture of fiscal decentralization. For some countries, however, there is data that more accurately captures fiscal responsibilities among different types of governments.
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author	Ebel, Robert D. Yilmaz, Serdar
author_facet	Ebel, Robert D. Yilmaz, Serdar
author_sort	Ebel, Robert D.
title	On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
title_short	On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
title_full	On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
title_fullStr	On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
title_full_unstemmed	On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
title_sort	on the measurement and impact of fiscal decentralization
publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1744000/measurement-impact-fiscal-decentralization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14821
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