Decentralization and Macroeconomic Management

Download or read book Decentralization and Macroeconomic Management written by Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on fiscal federalism has amply discussed both the potential efficiency and welfare gains from decentralization and the potential trade-offs between decentralization and income redistribution. By contrast, it has generally put less emphasis on the effects of decentralization on macroeconomic management, although policymakers worldwide increasingly have to grapple with these effects. This paper examines the constraints that a high degree of decentralization can place on the ability of the central government to carry out its traditional macroeconomic management functions and explores various ways to minimize these constraints.