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Reducing poverty through fiscal decentralization in Ghana and beyond: A review

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  • Williams Agyemang-Duah
  • Evans Kafui Gbedoho
  • Prince Peprah
  • Francis Arthur
  • Augustus Kweku Sobeng
  • Joshua Okyere
  • Jennifer Mengba Dokbila

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The unfinished agenda in the theory and practice of fiscal decentralization is how fiscal decentralization affects the universal plague of poverty reduction in developing economies. Focusing on developing economies especially Ghana, and also employing secondary sources of information, this paper made an attempt to provide a holistic review of the concept of fiscal decentralization and its effects on poverty reduction from the optimist and pessimist views. The paper affirmed that fiscal decentralization has the potential for poverty reduction when it is characterized by greater financial autonomy of the local units with proper budgetary allocation, prioritization, accountability and responsiveness. Accountability and proper regulation may reduce some institutional setbacks such as corruption from the system. We, therefore, recommended for a more effective, efficient, and transparent institutional and legal framework to ensure effective fiscal transfer between the central and local governments in order to eliminate various lapses associated with fiscal decentralization as highlighted by the pessimists.

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  • Williams Agyemang-Duah & Evans Kafui Gbedoho & Prince Peprah & Francis Arthur & Augustus Kweku Sobeng & Joshua Okyere & Jennifer Mengba Dokbila, 2018. "Reducing poverty through fiscal decentralization in Ghana and beyond: A review," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 1476035-147, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:6:y:2018:i:1:p:1476035
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2018.1476035
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