01185pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002100040245007300061260000900134300001400143362000800157520076500165650001500930650002100945650001900966773004200985180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAsthan, Anand N.  aDecentralisation and corruption: evidence from drinking water sector  c2008  ap.181-89.  aAug  aThis article presents empirical findings regarding the relationship between decentralisation of provision of water supply and corruption in provision of services. the current policy advice from the international agencies of aiming for decentralisation as an end in itself is questioned. the conventional wisdom that decentralisation brings management closer to the service recipients and is therefore likely to reduce corruption is also disputed. Drawing on a large database from two large Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the interaction between various actors is analysed. We find that the level of corruption in water supply agencies run by local governments is higher than that in the agencies run by the regional government. - Reproduced.  aCorruption  aDecentralization  aDrinking water  aPublic Administration and Development