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The concluding chapter analyses the reasons for differences and similarities behind various decentralisation approaches in the eight countries covered in the book. Key drivers of the decentralisation agenda were the international donor community and development agencies, along with the EU. The chapter compares the four groups of countries by analysing (1) the key contextual determinants and motivation for decentralisation; (2) the political economy behind political, territorial, and fiscal decentralisation, as well as the special issues that flavoured the process; and (3) the current trajectory of fiscal decentralisation and its outcomes. The authors conclude that the political commitment to decentralisation faded during the period of global economic crisis leading to major policy reversals in almost all countries in the region.
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Đulić, K., Kmezić, S., Bartlett, W. (2018). Conclusions: Policy Changes and Policy Reversals. In: Bartlett, W., Kmezić, S., Đulić, K. (eds) Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Government and Policy Reversals in Southeastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96092-0_10
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