Subject(s): Decentralization in government -- Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Comparative perspective -- Understanding decentralization - need for a border approach -- Broad comparative picture : Interaction of fiscal decentralization and democratic governance, Decentralization's horizontal, vertical and policy fluctuation ,mechanisms- methods for cross regional analysis -- Asia experience : Cambodia's nascent decentralization - from donor experiment to sustainable government system, China's long march to decentralization, Democratic decentralization in MP- India, Decentralization governance and public service in Indonesia, Decentralization policy and practice in Vietnam -- Latin America experience : Politics of devolution in Bolivia and other Andean countries , Political economy of intergovernmental transfers in Argentina , Mexico and Peru, Decentralization and recentralization in Argentina and Brazil, Historical institutions genesis of fiscal decentralization management -- Dynamics of decentralization in Asia and Latin America- Comparative interdisciplinary perspective