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Fiscal Decentralization and Development

Experiences of Three Developing Countries in Southeast Asia

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Hiroko Uchimura

    1. Institute of Developing Countries, IDE-JETRO, Japan

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Part of the book series: IDE-JETRO Series (IDE)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 1-14

  3. A Broader View of Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries

    • Masayuki Takahashi
    Pages 15-38

  4. Fiscal Decentralization in the Philippines after the 1991 Code: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationships and the Roles of Fiscal Transfers

    • Hiroko Uchimura, Yurika Suzuki
    Pages 39-72

  5. Health Development in the Decentralized Health System of the Philippines: Impact of Local Health Expenditures on Health

    • Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 73-99

  6. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationships in Vietnam after the 2002 State Budget Law: The Center-Province and the Province-District/Commune Dimensions

    • Hiroko Uchimura, Hisaki Kono
    Pages 101-131

  7. The Diversity of Fiscal Decentralization Below Provincial Level and Its Relation to Development in Vietnam: Do More Decentralized Provinces Improve Health and Economic Equity?

    • Hisaki Kono, Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 133-170

  8. Decentralization and Economic Development in Thailand: Regional Disparity in Fiscal Capacity and Educational Decentralization

    • Masamitsu Kurata, Yukio Ikemoto
    Pages 171-201

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 203-207
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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.

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  • Institute of Developing Countries, IDE-JETRO, Japan

    Hiroko Uchimura

About the editor

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.

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