Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Mexico. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 453

Autor/in	Joumard, Isabelle
Institution	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Titel	Getting the Most Out of Public Sector Decentralisation in Mexico. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 453
Quelle	(2005), (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/881825436538
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Public Sector; Educational Finance; Administrative Organization; Governance; Accountability; Financial Support; Government Role; Taxes; Fees; Income; Federal Government; State Government; Cost Effectiveness; Expenditures; Grants; Democratic Values; Power Structure; Resource Allocation; Health Services; Public Health; Access to Health Care; Access to Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Öffentlicher Sektor; Bildungsfonds; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Verantwortung; Finanzielle Förderung; Abgabe; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Einkommen; Bundesregierung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Ausgaben; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Ressourcenallokation; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Mexiko
Abstract	Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignments across levels of government, however, often overlap and/or are not yet fully understood by most citizens. Sub-national governments' accountability is further reduced by the heavy reliance on federal transfers, as opposed to own-revenues (taxes and user fees). In addition, the use of federal transfers as collateral for states' borrowing potentially undermines the role of financial markets in disciplining fiscal behaviour. Getting the most out of decentralisation would thus require a national agreement clarifying responsibilities for each level of government. Improving sub-national governments' incentives in delivering cost-effective public services would further require improving the quality of information on actual spending and outcomes, raising the volume of their own taxes and reforming the grant systems. Decentralisation should also be more consistent with the aim of improving interregional equity in obtaining access to core public services. (A bibliography is included. Contains 40 footnotes, 10 figures, 7 boxes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10