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Show 14 appeal to the developing countries. It also sets the tone for my dissertation because, as I have noted above, distribution is the main focus of the dissertation. 1.1.2. Distribution and Decentralization Concerns about equity interjurisdictional - discussion of decentralization. Some jurisdictions others, perhaps because enormous designed in the disparities jurisdictions in of size or economic to shift resources to minimum level of programs to subnational levels should be areas considerations for developing efficiency, because the gains are that all citizens in transfer a design, context sometimes areas. the most relevant are perhaps are experimenting with some policy form of observe, quite correctly, that the countries is likely to enjoy particular country a than poorer countries developing of the allocation of grants for poverty inadequate specifity developing capacities receive enhanced assistance to within analyzed countries that motivation for decentralization in ensure or example, distribution decentralization. Most students of allocative to areas receiving more resources about income Concerns than fiscal program may be intergovernmental an minimize fiscal deficits due to location. For results in wealthier resources and administrative services, regardless of location, or central to the are - better endowed with are potentials disadvantaged since the lack of transparency, interpersonal location. Historical circumstances may have created federation. Hence, a and primarily be very small not gains (Bardhan 2002; from Musso 1998; Tanzi 1995; Prud'homme 1995; Bahl 1994). "Developing countries as Bahl from fiscal emphasizes, decentralization 1994, p. 3). "are weigh As we different in that the economic much less heavily than in the case efficiency gains a of advanced countries" noted above, decentralization in many developing class," (Bahl countries is |