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Fiscal decentralization
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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana

We estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs...

Fiscal decentralization Efficiency Local government
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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana

In this paper, we estimate the efficiency of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana, and investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs...

Fiscal decentralization Efficiency Local government
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Fiscal decentralization and the shadow economy

In this paper we use the new Government Revenue Dataset to analyse fiscal decentralization...

Taxation Decentralization Fiscal decentralization
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