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Fiscal Decentralization Improves Social Outcomes When Countries Have Good Governance

By: Ryota Nakatani,Qianqian Zhang,Isaura Garcia Valdes

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Fiscal Decentralization Improves Social Outcomes When Countries Have Good Governance

By: Ryota Nakatani,Qianqian Zhang,Isaura Garcia Valdes

Does fiscal decentralization improve health and educational outcomes? Does this improvement depend on the quality of governance? How do fiscal decentralization and governance interact? We answer these questions through an instrumental variable Tobit analysis of cross-country panel data. We find negative effects of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes, which however are more than offset by better governance. Education expenditure decentralization to subnational governments enhances educational outcomes. We conclude that countries can only reap the benefits from decentralization when the quality of their governance arrangements exceeds a certain threshold. We also find that sequencing and staging of decentralization matter. Countries should improve government effectiveness and control of corruption first to maximize benefits of fiscal decentralization.

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9798400211768

Chicanas of 18th Street

Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago

By: Leonard G. Ramirez,Yenelli Flores,Maria Gamboa,Isaura González,Victoria Pérez,Magda Ramirez-Castañeda,Cristina Vital

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Chicanas of 18th Street

Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago

By: Leonard G. Ramirez,Yenelli Flores,Maria Gamboa,Isaura González,Victoria Pérez,Magda Ramirez-Castañeda,Cristina Vital

Overflowing with powerful testimonies of six female community activists who have lived and worked in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Chicanas of 18th Street reveals the convictions and approaches of those organizing for social reform. In chronicling a pivotal moment in the history of community activism in Chicago, the women discuss how education, immigration, religion, identity, and acculturation affected the Chicano movement. Chicanas of 18th Street underscores the hierarchies of race, gender, and class while stressing the interplay of individual and collective values in the development of community reform. Highlighting the women's motivations, initiatives, and experiences in politics during the 1960s and 1970s, these rich personal accounts reveal the complexity of the Chicano movement, conflicts within the movement, and the importance of teatro and cultural expressions to the movement. Also detailed are vital interactions between members of the Chicano movement with leftist and nationalist community members and the influence of other activist groups such as African Americans and Marxists.

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University of Illinois Press

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025209302X

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9780252093029

Fiscal Decentralization Improves Social Outcomes When Countries Have Good Governance

By: Ryota Nakatani,Qianqian Zhang,Isaura Garcia Valdes

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By: Ryota Nakatani,Qianqian Zhang,Isaura Garcia Valdes

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