Decentralization: Difference between revisions

Fiscal decentralization means decentralizing revenue raising and/or expenditure of moneys to a lower level of government while maintaining financial responsibility.<ref name=Forms/><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Torrezan |first=Raphael Guilherme Araujo |last2=Paiva |first2=Cláudio César de |date=2021-07-09 |title=A crise fiscal dos estados e o Regime de Recuperação Fiscal: o déjà vu federativo |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/rap/a/Ry6ZkvtqCczLRc7Y5XJmwSy/?lang=pt |journal=Revista de Administração Pública |language=pt |volume=55 |pages=716–735 |doi=10.1590/0034-761220200042 |issn=0034-7612}}</ref> While this process usually is called [[fiscal federalism]], it may be relevant to unitary, federal, or confederal governments. Fiscal federalism also concerns the "vertical imbalances" where the central government gives too much or too little money to the lower levels. It actually can be a way of increasing central government control of lower levels of government, if it is not linked to other kinds of responsibilities and authority.<ref>David King, ''Fiscal Tiers: The Economics of Multilevel Government,'' George Allen and Unwin, 1984.</ref><ref>Nico Groenendijk, "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nico_Groenendijk/publication/298875286_Fiscal_federalism_revisited/links/56ed282008aed17d09f6eb21/Fiscal-federalism-revisited.pdf Fiscal federalism Revisited]" paper presented at Institutions in Transition Conference organized by IMAD, Slovenia Ljublijana.</ref><ref>"Decentralization: A Sampling of Definitions", 1999, p. 18.</ref><ref name=":0" />