Impact of the decentralization reform on the quality of local public services in Ukraine
Journal: Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University)
Year: 2019

Decentralization, the transfer of authorities from the central government to local governments, tends to impact the performance of local authorities. These impacts are felt through changes in the allocation of revenue patterns, improvements to the quality of, and access to, public services, and relocation of decision-making to a local level. The ongoing decentralization reform in Ukraine simultaneously features administrative, fiscal and political decentralization of power. It is expected that t