Contradictions and Constraints in Chile's Health Care and Education Decentralization

Kubal, Mary Rose

doi:10.1353/lap.2006.0048

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“…Of course, state power was not decentralized during the Pinochet regime, which notoriously intervened in school and university administration (Collins and Lear , 127–8). While the reality of the school choice system never lived up to public choice assumptions (Collins and Lear ; Gauri ; Kubal ), the rhetoric certainly did: both supporters and opponents of the system had to make their case using the language of public choice.…”

Section: The Neoliberal State: Citizen Consumers and School Choicementioning

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The Politics of Student Protest and Education Reform in Chile: Challenging the Neoliberal State

Kubal

Fisher

2016

The Latin Americanist

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Section: The Neoliberal State: Citizen Consumers and School Choicementioning

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The Politics of Student Protest and Education Reform in Chile: Challenging the Neoliberal State

Kubal

Fisher

2016

The Latin Americanist

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“…The primary economic argument for decentralization is that local governments have better information than the central government on the needs and preferences of citizens as consumers of public goods. Because local governments are closer to the people that they serve, and because the population in a locality and their concerns tend to be more homogenous than that of the whole country, a decentralized form of government can improve the delivery, allocation, and equity of public services (Boadway and Shah ; Kubal ; Oates ; Shah ; Wallis and Oates ; World Bank ). Decentralization can also potentially enhance government responsiveness to consumer needs as it increases participation among citizens (Faguet ; Kubal ).…”

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Decentralization, Fiscal Independence, and Poverty in the Philippines

Canare¹,

Francisco²

2019

Public Budgeting & Finance

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Decentralization is a common public sector reform in developing countries. Its basic rationale is that local governments have an informational advantage regarding the needs and preferences of consumers. However, decentralization also has drawbacks. Foremost is the efficiency advantage of the central government in providing public services because of economies of scale and better access to resources. This study looked at the relationship between decentralization and poverty using data from Philippine cities and municipalities. Results suggest that decentralization, as represented by fiscal independence and measured by the share of locally sourced revenues to total local government revenues, is indeed associated with lower poverty. However, this effect is not linear—the marginal effect of decentralization on poverty diminishes as decentralization increases. Moreover, decentralization moderates the positive effect of good governance on poverty reduction and the magnitude of the relationship between poverty and decentralization is stronger in poorer municipalities than in richer ones.

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“…These policies resulted in dwindling state support to collective initiatives developed by popular sectors. This is illustrated by the decentralization process of government administration mentioned above: while substantial administrative responsibilities were transferred to municipalities, notably for health care and education (Kubal, 2006), their fiscal and policy-making autonomy remained seriously constrained since taxes were still set and collected by the central authority (Yáñez & Letelier, 1995). This left little capacity for local governments to construct policies or to provide resources to respond to grassroots initiatives' needs and concerns (Posner, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%