Beyond the center : decentralizing the State

The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation of government structures in Latin America, which, since 1983, has largely transferred po...

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Main Authors: Burki, Shahid Javed, Perry, Guillermo E, Dillinger, William R, 1951
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1999
Series:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints
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300 |a ix, 104 p. :  |b il. 
490 |a World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints 
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505 |a Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Decentralization: politics in command -- 2. Getting the rules right: a framework for subnational government -- 3. Addressing the macroeconomic threat: the quest for hard budget constraints -- 4. Empowering municipalities or schools? the decentralization of education -- 5. Empowering mayors, hospital directors, or patients? The decentralization of health care -- 6. Decentralizing roads: matching accountability, resources, and technical expertise -- References. 
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650 |a RELACIONES FISCALES INTERGUBERNAMENTALES 
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