Decentralized Governance and Accountability: Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming

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Jonathan A. Rodden (Stanford University, California) Erik Wibbels (Duke University, North Carolina)

Decentralized Governance and Accountability

Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming

Jonathan A. Rodden (Stanford University, California), Erik Wibbels (Duke University, North Carolina)

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Cambridge University Press
14 April 2022

Development studies; Comparative politics; International relations; Political economy; International organisations & institutions

At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potential solution for slow economic growth and poor performance by insulated, unaccountable governments. For the last two decades, researchers have been trying to answer a series of vexing questions about the political economy of multi-layered governance. Much of the best recent research on decentralization has come from close collaborations between university researchers and international aid institutions. As the volume and quality of this collaborative research have increased in recent decades, the time has come to review the lessons from this literature and apply them to debates about future programming. In this volume, the contributors place this research in the broader history of engagement between aid institutions and academics, particularly in the area of decentralized governance, and outline the challenges and opportunities to link evidence and policy action.

Edited by: Jonathan A. Rodden (Stanford University California), Erik Wibbels (Duke University, North Carolina)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781108708869
ISBN 10: 1108708862
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 14 April 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan A. Rodden is Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and founder of the Stanford Spatial Social Science Lab. He is author of an award-winning book, Hamilton's Paradox: The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism (Cambridge, 2005), as well as a new book on political geography, Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide (forthcoming). Erik Wibbels is the Robert O. Keohane Professor of Political Science at Duke University, North Carolina, and the co-editor of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series. His research focuses on development, redistribution, and political geography. He also works with bilateral and multilateral donors to improve the design and evaluation of governance programming and is a founding member of the DevLab@Duke.