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Decentralization and poverty alleviation. International experience and the case of the Philippines

โœ Scribed by Richard Bird; Edgard R. Rodriguez

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
220 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-2075

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โœฆ Synopsis

In recent years, decentralization has become quite common in developing countries. The essence of decentralization is that it does not occur in general but rather in a particular context, so that decentralization takes many dierent forms in dierent countries at dierent times. Comparative analysis is often illuminating and the article uses it to cast some light on the current moves towards decentralization in the Philippines. Section 2 provides a quantitative overview of the relationship between decentralization and poverty across a number of Asian and Latin American countries. Section 3 discusses key aspects of the relationship between decentralization and poverty alleviation in the Philippines, drawing on a number of decentralization experiences in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Section 3.1 focuses on local capacity and Section 3.2 on local ยฎnancial resources, in particular the role of ยฎscal transfers. Section 3.3 examines the eects of dierent approaches to decentralization on the targeting and delivery of poverty-related servicesรhealth, primary education, housing and infrastructure. Section 4 concludes by noting the importance of migration in any treatment of decentralization and poverty.

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