Decentralization for satisfying basic needs : an economic guide for policymakers

More than one in every five Latin Americans lives on less than $2 a day, and Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. The book tackles the problem of poverty and inequality in Latin America through the novel approach of using the decentralization of government functions to satisfy the...

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Main Author McGuire, J. Michael 1940- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
EditionSecond edition.
SeriesResearch on Hispanic and Latino business
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806617739
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-412-0
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 186 pages) : illustrations

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264 1 |a Bingley, U.K :  |b Emerald Publishing Limited :  |b Information Age Publishing,  |c [2010] 
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490 0 |a Research on Hispanic and Latino business 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index. 
505 0 |a Preface. Introduction -- Part I. Inclusive development -- Chapter 1. Poverty and inequality in Latin America -- Chapter 2. Inclusive development through satisfying basic needs -- Part II. Model of decentralization -- Chapter 3. Effective service delivery -- Chapter 4. Decentralization for satisfying basic needs -- Part III. Case studies -- Chapter 5. Transfer-led decentralization in Mexico -- Chapter 6. Oportunidades for education, health and nutrition -- Chapter 7. Community government in tlaxcala -- Chapter 8. World bank tax advice: Does it foster inclusive development? -- Chapter 9. Tax reform in el salvador -- Chapter 9. Decentralizing foreign aid of the United States. Conclusion -- References -- About the author -- Index. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty 
520 |a More than one in every five Latin Americans lives on less than $2 a day, and Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. The book tackles the problem of poverty and inequality in Latin America through the novel approach of using the decentralization of government functions to satisfy the basic needs of the poor. Decentralization can bring government closer to the people and strengthen the voice of the voiceless. Satisfying basic needs for services such as education and health care enhances productivity and imparts an indispensable opportunity to earn an income sufficient to emerge from poverty and to live a full life.Part 1 describes the poverty and inequality of Latin America and the Basic Needs Approach to Development. Part 2 introduces a model of decentralization as a step-by-step process, and it shows the policymaker how to implement decentralization in stages through matching its various degrees with real-world circumstances. Part 3 enriches the understanding of policymakers by analyzing real-world cases of decentralization in light of the decentralization model.The second edition includes two new chapters that cover the important but often neglected topic of taxation for inclusive development. Chapter 8 analyzes the influential tax advice of the World Bank in terms of its effect on decentralization and the satisfaction of basic needs. Appendix B of Chapter 8 presents an empirical analysis in support of the chapter's argument that the Bank's policy is in need of revision. Chapter 9 analyzes the effects of the World Bank's tax advice on El Salvador's tax reform and development process. Two other chapters have been extensively updated: Chapter 6 records and analyzes the rapid evolution of Mexico's Oportunidades program for health, education and nutrition, and Chapter 10 evaluates the progress of the United States' innovative program for foreign aid, The Millennium Challenge Account. Throughout the book, tables and references have been updated. 
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