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The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40587 The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth Barnard, Helena ichelp@gibs.co.za Malie, Teboho UCTD Decentralization in government Local government Economic development -- Developing countries Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This paper aimed to develop a better understanding of political institutions by assessing the direct and indirect impacts of political decentralisation on economic growth. Institutions as the major drivers of economic growth have been studied extensively in the last two decades and within this context, political institutions have been found to significantly influence the so-called economic institutions that are required to attract investment and accelerate economic growth. The objectives of the study were designed to confirm previous research and determine whether there is a direct relationship between political decentralisation and economic growth or whether there was an indirect relationship mediated through fiscal policy volatility. The study was conducted using a sample of 153 countries that was collected from the World Bank’s databases and regression analysis was used to measure the strength of the association between the variables selected to measure political decentralisation, fiscal policy volatility and economic growth. Since there is no single, universally accepted measure for political decentralisation, senators’ representation of constituencies, local authority over taxation, spending and legislating and the method of appointing municipal government were used as proxies for political decentralisation. The results were mixed but suggested that there are more benefits than drawbacks to political decentralisation. The results of the study showed that senators’ representation of constituencies and local authority over taxation, spending and legislating helped to reduce fiscal policy volatility and confirmed that lower volatility in fiscal policy was correlated with higher economic growth. lmgibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2014-07-07T10:14:47Z 2014-07-07T10:14:47Z 2014-04-30 2013 Mini Dissertation Malie, T 2013, The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40587> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40587 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Decentralization in government Local government Economic development -- Developing countries The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title | The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title_full | The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title_fullStr | The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title_short | The impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| title_sort | impact of political decentralisation on economic growth |
| topic | UCTD Decentralization in government Local government Economic development -- Developing countries |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40587 |