Fiscal Decentralization and Development - Experiences of Three Developing Countries in Southeast Asia

An in-depth analysis of the fundamental role that decentralization plays in developing countries, using detailed statistical data to examine the actual fiscal structure between tiers of government, and the effects of decentralization at the local, national and international levels.

List of contents

A Broader View of Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines after the 1991 Code Health Development in the Decentralized Health System of the Philippines Intergovernmental Fiscal relationships in Vietnam after the 2002 State Budget Law The Diversity of Fiscal Decentralization below Provincial Level and Its Relation to Development in Vietnam Decentralization and Economic Development in Thailand

About the author

HIROKO UCHIMURA Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) Japan. Her research interests include intergovernmental fiscal relationships, health financing and health system reforms, as well as issues related to income distribution. Her work mainly focuses on developing countries in Asia.

Summary

An in-depth analysis of the fundamental role that decentralization plays in developing countries, using detailed statistical data to examine the actual fiscal structure between tiers of government, and the effects of decentralization at the local, national and international levels.

Product details

• Authors: Hiroko Uchimura
• Assisted by: Uchimura (Editor), H Uchimura (Editor), H. Uchimura (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781349351213
• ISBN: 978-1-349-35121-3
• No. of pages: 207
• Series: IDE-JETRO Series; IDE-JETRO; IDE-JETRO Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; B, Economic Policy, Health economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Management science, Public finance, Spatial economics, Public finance & taxation, International Political Economy, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Finance, Public, Public finance and taxation, International Political Economy’