INCENTIVES, CHOICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES

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Incentives and the Efficiency of Public Sector-Outsourcing Contracts (2005, background): “In this article, we update our knowledge of the body of empirical work on public sector outsourcing and consider a number of new developments that may assist in a deeper understanding of public sector outsourcing including analysis of the effects of intrinsic motivation on contract efficiency (see ”
Regional Inequality and Decentralization: An Empirical Analysis (2012, unknown): “Thus, ”there is clearly a tension between pursuing goals of equality in service provision and greater decentralization and choice” [Besley and Ghatak (2003), p.”
Empowering parents to improve education: evidence from rural Mexico (2006, background): “…of the primary reasons proponents support SBM is that decentralizing decision-making to the local level is thought to bring decision-making closer to the people so that their preferences can be better reflected in policy (Oates 1972; Lockwood 2002; Besley and Coate 2003 and Besley and Ghatak 2003).”
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey (2015, unknown): “…of the influence of poorer areas over the allocation of financial resources and transfers across the nation (Rodríguez-Pose and Gill, 2005; Besley and Ghatak, 2003).10 On the other hand, decentralization may contribute to reducing interregional disparities because of higher transparency…”