Decentralizing infrastructure : advantages and limitations

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword = ⅴ
• Abstract = ⅶ
• Contributors = ⅷ
• Introduction / Antonio Estache = 1
• 1. Decentralization, Politics and Public Service / Bill Dillinger = 5
• Explaining Decentralization = 5
• Establishing a Framework = 7
• Defining Responsibilities: Drawing the Hard Budget Constraint = 9
• Reforming Intergovermnental Finance = 11
• Balancing Regulation with Political Accountability = 18
• Synchronizing the Elements of Reform = 20
• Bibliography = 21
• 2. Decentralizing Infrastructure: For Good or for Ill? / Richard M. Bird = 22
• The Many Faces of Decentralization = 26
• Infrastructure for Whom? = 34
• Guidelines for Policy Design = 40
• Conclusion = 47
• References = 49
• 3. Regulating Infrastructure: Perspectives on Decentralization / Warrick Smith ; Ben Shin = 52
• Regulating Infrastructure: Key Tasks and Challenges = 52
• Assigning Regulators Responsibilities = 53
• Striking a Balance = 56
• Confronting Constrained Regulatory Capacity = 57
• Strengthening Regulatory Capacity = 60
• Conclusions = 61
• Bibliography = 62
• 4. Does Decentralization Increase Public Infrastructure Expenditure? / Antonio Estache ; Sarbajit Sinha = 63
• Checking Facts: What is the Data and What Does It Say? = 64
• A Survey of Studies on the Effects of Decentralization on Total Public Expenditures = 67
• An Econometric Analysis of Total and Subnational Infrastructure Expenditures = 68
• Policy Conclusions = 75
• Data Appendix = 76
• Bibliography = 79
• 5. Does Decentralization Improve Infrastructure Performance? / Frannie Humplick ; Antonio Estache = 81
• Methodology = 82
• The Impact of Decentralization bn the Perfortnance of Roads = 83
• The Impact of Decentralization on the Performance of the Electricity Sector = 88
• The Impact of Decentralization on the Performance of the Water Supply = 93
• Summary of Findings and Policy Conclusions = 95
• References = 97
• 6. The Decentralization of Public Services: Lessons from the Theory of the Firm / Jacques Cr$$＼acute e$$mer ; Antonio Estache ; Paul Seabright = 98
• The Received Wisdom on Decentralization = 99
• A Simple Contract Model of Decentralization = 102
• Contract Theory with Imperfections in Bargaining = 106
• What is a Jurisdiction and Where Should Its Boundaries Lie? = 111
• Some Applications = 113
• Concluding Remarks = 116
• References = 118