Form of decentralization
- Political decentralization (or democratic decentralization) is the selection of local government officials by local election rather than by central government appointment
- Administrative decentralization is the transfer of authority over regional staff from the central government to regional or local governments.
- Fiscal decentralization is the transfer of responsibility for raising and spending program funds to lower-level government units.
- Market decentralization is the most decentralized form in as much as decision making power is transferred from public to private organizations. It can take two different forms.