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Reunión Comisión de Descentralización y Autonomía Local Congreso FLACMA
[Reunion Committee on Decentralization and Local Autonomy]

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This document contains a series of reflections on the concept of decentralization with the objective of contributing to the debate around process, its potential benefits and possible risks. This document raises a number of issues and offers possible responses,which may be subject to discussion during the meeting of the Committee on Decentralization and Local Democracy.

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  • Plata, Mar de, 2009. "Reunión Comisión de Descentralización y Autonomía Local Congreso FLACMA [Reunion Committee on Decentralization and Local Autonomy]," MPRA Paper 16563, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Centralization; decentralization;

    JEL classification:

    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations

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