These measures may be cost-cutting. Even though it may not lead to cost reduction, it would increase the quality of services. Anti-devolutionists do not pin point the inherent weaknesses of the prevailing public sector. They try implicitly to attribute those weaknesses to the creation of sub-national governments. Professor Hewavitharana's second point is on the effects of devolution on good governance.
Good governance is also likely to be affected in another way.
The state system has an inherent tendency which opens up possibilities for politicians and public officials for rent-seeking and corruption. The state has the monopoly of coercion. However, to my knowledge, there is no evidence to suggest that the federal form of government is more vulnerable than the unitary form of government to the abuse of power. Good governance depends on many factors. First, there should be restrictions in-built in the constitutions and laws restraining the actions of politicians and public officials.