Do Formulas Reduce Political Influence on Intergovernmental Grants? Evidence from Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20301280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maarten Allers (0000-0002-6838-9046, University of Groningen, corresponding author), Maarten A Allers, Lewis J Ishemoi (0009-0001-2350-8953, Institute of Finance Management) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1781-1797 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220388.2011.598512 |
| OpenAlex | W1987315231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
Sub-national governments usually depend on the central government for a large share of their revenues. Therefore, a fair allocation of intergovernmental grants is essential for financing vital local services like education and healthcare. In Tanzania, and many other countries, regions that are better represented in the national parliament receive significantly more funds than others. Recently, Tanzania replaced the previously existing discretionary method of grant allocation by allocation formulas. We study whether this has reduced the effect of malapportionment on grant allocation. Surprisingly, we find that formula allocation does not significantly change this effect. This has important policy implications
Business · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Revenue · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Economic Policies and Impacts · Finance · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.47 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |