TY - BOOK AU - Burki,Shahid Javed AU - Perry,Guillermo AU - Dillinger,William R. TI - Beyond the center: decentralizing the State SN - 9780821345214 U1 - 352.283098 BUR PY - 1999/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Decentralization in government KW - Intergovernmental cooperation KW - Political participation KW - Intergovernmental fiscal relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Annotation This report examines the impact of decentralization and its effect on the efficiency of public services, on equity, and on macroeconomic stability ER -