Book Chapter10.4324/9780203219997-13
Does Decentralization Serve the Poor
Joachim von Braun,Ulrike Grote +1 more
- 18 Jul 2002
- pp 84-112
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that there is no clear-cut functional relationship between decentralization and poverty reduction, and that the focus of development policy debates on decentralization largely focused on governance and efficiency, and hardly on poverty effects.
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Abstract: Decentralization and poverty reduction may be correlated, but theoretically, there is no
clear-cut functional relationship between the two. Until recently, development policy
debates on decentralization largely focused on governance and efficiency, and hardly
on poverty effects. Now, with the aim of supposedly more effective poverty reduction
agendas in mind, local and international organizations are increasingly calling for
decentralization.
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