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Number of items: 100.
Centre for Economic Performance
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (1997-07-16 - 1997-07-18) Decentralization and local government performance [Paper]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Technical Consultation on Decentralization, Rome, Italy, ITA. picture_as_pdf
    • Economics
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2006). Decentralizing Bolivia: local government in the jungle. In Bardhan, Pranab, Mookherjee, Dilip (Eds.), Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries . MIT Press.
    • International Development
  • Duarte Escobar, Diego, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sanchez Torres, Fabio, Matajira, Camilo (2025). Replication package for: "Encomienda, the Colonial State, and Long-Run Development in Colombia". [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17219152
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2025). Identity politics is not over, it's going to intensify: the ancient roots of identity politics. iai News,
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Matajira, Camilo, Sánchez, Fabio (2025). Encomienda, the colonial state, and long-run development in Colombia. The Economic Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf108 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pal, Sarmistha (2025). Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world. Politics and Rights Review, picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2024). The age of left-right politics is over: far-right is the wrong label for Trump. iai News,
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (13 March 2024) Designing decentralised mechanisms. International Development. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (5 March 2024) Decentralisation ‘done correctly' - politics, hope, and global variations. International Development. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Matajira, Camilo, Sánchez, Fabio (2024). Encomienda, the colonial state, and long-run development in Colombia. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (27 February 2024) What decentralisation is - and what it is not. International Development. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pal, Sarmistha (2023). Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world. In Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pal, Sarmistha (Eds.), Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World (pp. 1 - 18). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg.a picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pal, Sarmistha (Eds.) (2023). Decentralised governance: crafting effective democracies around the world. LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2023). Understanding decentralisation: theory, evidence, and practice. In Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pal, Sarmistha (Eds.), Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World (pp. 21 - 48). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg.b picture_as_pdf
  • Benson, Allison L., Faguet, Jean-Paul (2023). Increasing access to formal agricultural credit: the role of rural producer organisations. The Journal of Development Studies, 59(1), 21 - 38. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2102899 picture_as_pdf
  • Bonifaz Moreno, Gustavo, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2022). Political cleavages in motion: Bolivia in 2021. Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago), 175-202. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Shami, Mahvish (2022). The incoherence of institutional reform: decentralization as a structural solution to immediate political needs. Studies in Comparative International Development, 57(1), 85 - 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-021-09347-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (17 March 2021) Has decentralisation contributed to Ethiopia’s development miracle? Africa at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Khan, Qaiser, Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka (2021). Decentralization’s effects on education and health: evidence from Ethiopia. Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 51(1), 79 - 103. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa025 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2021). Understanding decentralization: theory, evidence and method, with a focus on least-developed countries. (Working paper 21-203). International Development, LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sanchez, Fabio, Villaveces, Marta-Juanita (2020). The perversion of public land distribution by landed elites: power, inequality and development in Colombia. World Development, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105036 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Khan, Qaiser, Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka (2019). Decentralization's effects on education and health: evidence from Ethiopia. (Social Protection & Jobs 1934). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2019). Revolution from below: cleavage displacement and the collapse of elite politics in Bolivia. Politics & Society, 47(2), 205-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329219845944 description
  • Eaton, Kent, Faguet, Jean Paul, Harbers, Imke, Schakel, Arjan H., Hooghe, Liesbet, Marks, Gary, Niedzwiecki, Sara, Osterkatz, Sandra Chapman, Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah (2019). Measuring and theorizing regional governance. Territory, Politics, Governance, 7(2), 265-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2018.1445021 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2019). Book review: scale meets community: Hooghe and Marks’ theory of multilevel governance. Territory, Politics, Governance, 7(2), 270 - 274.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2018). The lessons of Bolivia. Journal of Democracy, 29(4), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2018.0065 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2018). In Bolivia's footsteps: structural change and political disintegration in the West. Lodon School of Economics and Political Science, International Development. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2018). Transformation from below in Bangladesh: decentralization, local governance, and systemic change. Modern Asian Studies, 51(6), 1668-1694.
  • Khan, Qaiser, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ambel, Alemayehu (2017). Blending top-down federalism with bottom-up engagement to reduce inequality in Ethiopia. World Development, 96, 326-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.017
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Matajira, Camilo, Sánchez, Fabio (2017). Is extraction bad? Encomienda and development in Colombia since 1560. (Documentos Cede). Universidad de los Andes.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 4 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 2 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 3 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 1 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Re-thinking development over the long run.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Just like Bolivia: structural change and political disintegration in the West. (Working paper series No. 17-184). International Development, LSE.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio, Villaveces, Marta-Juanita (2017). The paradox of land reform, inequality and development in Colombia. (International Development Working Paper Series 17-181). Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Revolution from below: the rise of local politics and the fall of Bolivia's party systems. (International Development Working Paper Series 17-180). Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Descentralización y democracia popular: gobernabilidad desde abajo en Bolivia. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Low decision space means no decentralization in Fiji: comment on “Decentralisation of health services in Fiji: a decision space analysis”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(11), 663-665. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2016.82
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). The Democracy Bomb. picture_as_pdf
  • Channa, Anila, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Decentralization of health and education in developing countries: a quality-adjusted review of the empirical literature. World Bank Research Observer, 31(2), 199-241. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkw001
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sanches, Fábio, Villaveces, Marta-Juanita (2016). The paradox of land reform, inequality and local development in Colombia. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Comentario. In Finot, I. (Ed.), Democratizar el Estado: Una propuesta de democratización para Bolivia . Plural Editores.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2015). The Great Lecture Notes Debate.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Fox, Ashley M., Pöschl, Caroline (2015). Decentralizing for a deeper, more supple democracy. Journal of Democracy, 26(4), 60-74.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Shami, Mahvish (2015). Instrumental incoherence in institutional reform: decentralization as a structural solution to political exigency. (Working Papers 15-170). Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2015). Transformation from below in Bolivia and Bangladesh: decentralization, local governance, and systemic change. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (Eds.) (2015). Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers. Oxford University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (2015). Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers. In Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (Eds.), Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers. (pp. 1-29). Oxford University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Shami, Mahvish (2015). The incoherence of institutional reform: decentralization as a structural solution to immediate political needs. (International Development Working Paper Series 15-170). Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Welcome to the LSE. Do I care what you think?
  • Khan, Qaiser M., Faguet, Jean-Paul, Gaukler, Christopher, Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne (2014). Improving basic services for the bottom forty percent: lessons from Ethiopia. (A World Bank study 90430). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Fox, Ashley M., Poeschl, Caroline (2014). Does decentralization strengthen or weaken the state? Authority and social learning in a supple state. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Sánchez de Lozada, Gonzalo, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). “Why I decentralized Bolivia”. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2014). Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia. Public Choice, 160(1-2), 227-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-013-0077-7
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Iraq falling apart.
  • Khan, Qaiser, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Gaukler, Christopher, Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne Decentralization’s effects on education, health and agriculture outcomes, and on distribution: evidence from Ethiopia [Paper]. UNSPECIFIED. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Decentralization and governance: a special issue of World Development, 2013. World Development, 53, 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.002
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Can subnational autonomy strengthen democracy in Bolivia? Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 44(1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjt020
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Increasing returns to scale.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Decentralizing the Bolivian Way.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013-10-16 - 2013-10-17) Federalism and industrial policy: competing away government failure? [Paper]. Making growth happen: implementing policies for competitive industries, Washington, United States, USA.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Jean-Paul Faguet wins the Political Science Association’s W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize.
  • Channa, Anila, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Decentralization of health and education in developing countries: a quality-adjusted review of the empirical literature. (Economic organisation and public policy discussion papers EOPP 38). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Bonus web chapter: the micropolitical foundations of government in seven Bolivian municipalities. In Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance From Below in Bolivia . University of Michigan. Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Decentralization and popular democracy: governance from below in Bolivia. University of Michigan. Press.
  • Zuazo, Moira, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Bonifaz, Gustavo (Eds.) (2012). Descentralización y democratización en Bolivia: La historia del Estado débil, la sociedad rebelde y el anhelo de democracia. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2011). Impacts and consequences of the new regime of autonomies in Bolivia: elements for duscussion. (Policy briefs). Inter-American Development Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2011). Decentralization and governance. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 027). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2009). Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia. (CLAS Working Paper 26). University of California.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ali, Zulfiqar (2009). Making reform work: institutions, dispositions, and the improving health of Bangladesh. World Development, 37(1), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.02.011 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2009). Governance from below in Bolivia: a theory of local government with two empirical tests. Latin American Politics and Society, 51(4), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2009.00063.x
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2009). Mejorando la educación y la salud de los pobres: descentralización y reformas de política en Colombia. Perspectivas, 7(1), 73-88.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). The determinants of central vs. local government investment: democracy and development in Bolivia. In Ghosh, Subir, Mishra, Santap Sanhari (Eds.), Decentralization and Development . ICFAI University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). Decentralisation's effects on public investment: evidence and policy lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. The Journal of Development Studies, 44(8), 1100-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802242370
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Shami, Mahvish (2008). Fiscal policy and spatial inequality in Latin America and beyond. (Policy research working paper series). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2008). Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia. World Development, 36(7), 1294-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.021
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). Colombia: seizing the peace. Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall, 1-6.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2007). To the MDGs and beyond: accountability and institutional innovation in Bangladesh. (Bangladesh development series 14). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ali, Zulfiqar (2007). A tale of two Upazilas : local governance and social development in Bangladesh. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Wietzke, Frank-Borge (2006). Social funds and decentralisation: optimal institutional design. Public Administration and Development, 26(4), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.413
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sanchez, Fabio (2006). Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia. (DEDPS working papers 47). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2005). Governance from below: a theory of local government with two empirical tests. (Political economy and public policy papers 12). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2005). The effects of decentralisation on public investment: evidence and four lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 62). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Mejía Mantilla, Carolina, Sánchez Torres, Fabio, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004-12-01) The impact of political variables on budgets and social outcomes in a context of decentralization : the case of Colombia (El impacto de variables políticas sobre resultados presupuestales y sociales en un marco de descentralización : el caso de Colombia) [Paper]. Crisis States Programme Annual Conference, New Delhi, India, IND.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Building democracy in quicksand: altruism, empire and the United States. Challenge, 47(3), 73-93.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Why so much centralization? A model of primitive centripetal accumulation. (DEDPS 43). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Does decentralization increase responsiveness to local needs?: evidence from Bolivia. Journal of Public Economics, 88(3-4), 867-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00185-8
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Democracy in the desert: civil society, nation-building and empire. (Crisis States Research Centre discussion papers 3). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2003). Building democracy in quicksand: America, altruism and empire. Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2003). Decentralization and local government in Bolivia : an overview from the bottom up. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 29). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Tommasi, Mariano (2003). A synoptic guide to decentralization. The Authors.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2002). A model of central vs decentralized government: self-interest and mis-allocation in Bolivia. (DESTIN working papers 39). London School of Economics and Political Science. Development Studies Institute.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2002). Decentralizing the provision of public services in Bolivia: institutions, political competition and the effectiveness of local government [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2000). Decentralization and local government performance: improving local service provision in Bolivia. Revista de Economía del Rosario, 3(1), 127-176.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (1999). Experiencias internacionales en descentralización. In Manga, G. (Ed.), Descentralizacion De Verdad: Soluciones Para Colombia . Imprenta Nacional de Colombia.
  • Boone, Peter, Faguet, Jean-Paul (1998). Multilateral aid, politics and poverty: past failures and future challenges. In Grant, Richard, Nijman, Jan (Eds.), The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid (pp. 11-28). Syracuse University Press.
    • LSE
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). The democracy bomb: Brexit and the need for a written constitution.
    • STICERD
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2018). Transformation from below in Bangladesh: decentralization, local governance, and systemic change. Modern Asian Studies, 51(6), 1668-1694.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 2 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2017). Sneak peak of Professor Faguet’s Popular Democracy, part 1 of 5.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Descentralización y democracia popular: gobernabilidad desde abajo en Bolivia. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Low decision space means no decentralization in Fiji: comment on “Decentralisation of health services in Fiji: a decision space analysis”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(11), 663-665. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2016.82
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Comentario. In Finot, I. (Ed.), Democratizar el Estado: Una propuesta de democratización para Bolivia . Plural Editores.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2015). Bolivia after the Boom: Are hard times coming? Q&A with Jean-Paul Faguet.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Fox, Ashley M., Pöschl, Caroline (2015). Decentralizing for a deeper, more supple democracy. Journal of Democracy, 26(4), 60-74.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2015). Transformation from below in Bolivia and Bangladesh: decentralization, local governance, and systemic change. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (Eds.) (2015). Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers. Oxford University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (2015). Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers. In Faguet, Jean-Paul, Pöschl, Caroline (Eds.), Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers. (pp. 1-29). Oxford University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Welcome to the LSE. Do I care what you think?
  • Khan, Qaiser M., Faguet, Jean-Paul, Gaukler, Christopher, Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne (2014). Improving basic services for the bottom forty percent: lessons from Ethiopia. (A World Bank study 90430). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Fox, Ashley M., Poeschl, Caroline (2014). Does decentralization strengthen or weaken the state? Authority and social learning in a supple state. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Sánchez de Lozada, Gonzalo, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). “Why I decentralized Bolivia”. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2014). Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia. Public Choice, 160(1-2), 227-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-013-0077-7
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Decentralization and governance: a special issue of World Development, 2013. World Development, 53, 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.002
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2014). Can subnational autonomy strengthen democracy in Bolivia? Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 44(1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjt020
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Increasing returns to scale.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Decentralizing the Bolivian Way.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013-10-16 - 2013-10-17) Federalism and industrial policy: competing away government failure? [Paper]. Making growth happen: implementing policies for competitive industries, Washington, United States, USA.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Jean-Paul Faguet wins the Political Science Association’s W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize.
  • Channa, Anila, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Decentralization of health and education in developing countries: a quality-adjusted review of the empirical literature. (Economic organisation and public policy discussion papers EOPP 38). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Bonus web chapter: the micropolitical foundations of government in seven Bolivian municipalities. In Decentralization and Popular Democracy: Governance From Below in Bolivia . University of Michigan. Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2012). Decentralization and popular democracy: governance from below in Bolivia. University of Michigan. Press.
  • Zuazo, Moira, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Bonifaz, Gustavo (Eds.) (2012). Descentralización y democratización en Bolivia: La historia del Estado débil, la sociedad rebelde y el anhelo de democracia. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2011). Impacts and consequences of the new regime of autonomies in Bolivia: elements for duscussion. (Policy briefs). Inter-American Development Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2011). Decentralization and governance. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 027). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2009). Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia. (CLAS Working Paper 26). University of California.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ali, Zulfiqar (2009). Making reform work: institutions, dispositions, and the improving health of Bangladesh. World Development, 37(1), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.02.011 picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2009). Governance from below in Bolivia: a theory of local government with two empirical tests. Latin American Politics and Society, 51(4), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2009.00063.x
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2009). Mejorando la educación y la salud de los pobres: descentralización y reformas de política en Colombia. Perspectivas, 7(1), 73-88.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). The determinants of central vs. local government investment: democracy and development in Bolivia. In Ghosh, Subir, Mishra, Santap Sanhari (Eds.), Decentralization and Development . ICFAI University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). Decentralisation's effects on public investment: evidence and policy lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. The Journal of Development Studies, 44(8), 1100-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802242370
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Shami, Mahvish (2008). Fiscal policy and spatial inequality in Latin America and beyond. (Policy research working paper series). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2008). Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia. World Development, 36(7), 1294-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.021
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). Colombia: seizing the peace. Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall, 1-6.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2007). To the MDGs and beyond: accountability and institutional innovation in Bangladesh. (Bangladesh development series 14). World Bank.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ali, Zulfiqar (2007). A tale of two Upazilas : local governance and social development in Bangladesh. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Wietzke, Frank-Borge (2006). Social funds and decentralisation: optimal institutional design. Public Administration and Development, 26(4), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.413
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sanchez, Fabio (2006). Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia. (DEDPS working papers 47). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2005). Governance from below: a theory of local government with two empirical tests. (Political economy and public policy papers 12). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2005). The effects of decentralisation on public investment: evidence and four lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 62). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Mejía Mantilla, Carolina, Sánchez Torres, Fabio, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004-12-01) The impact of political variables on budgets and social outcomes in a context of decentralization : the case of Colombia (El impacto de variables políticas sobre resultados presupuestales y sociales en un marco de descentralización : el caso de Colombia) [Paper]. Crisis States Programme Annual Conference, New Delhi, India, IND.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Building democracy in quicksand: altruism, empire and the United States. Challenge, 47(3), 73-93.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Why so much centralization? A model of primitive centripetal accumulation. (DEDPS 43). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Does decentralization increase responsiveness to local needs?: evidence from Bolivia. Journal of Public Economics, 88(3-4), 867-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00185-8
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Democracy in the desert: civil society, nation-building and empire. (Crisis States Research Centre discussion papers 3). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2003). Building democracy in quicksand: America, altruism and empire. Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2003). Decentralization and local government in Bolivia : an overview from the bottom up. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 29). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Besley, Timothy, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Tommasi, Mariano (2003). A synoptic guide to decentralization. The Authors.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2002). A model of central vs decentralized government: self-interest and mis-allocation in Bolivia. (DESTIN working papers 39). London School of Economics and Political Science. Development Studies Institute.
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