This document discusses fiscal decentralization and the advantages and disadvantages of decentralization. It defines fiscal decentralization as decentralizing revenue raising and/or expenditure to lower levels of government while maintaining financial responsibility. The advantages listed are growth and diversification, quick and better decision making, and democratic management. The disadvantages are increased financial burden and potential for conflicts among decentralized divisions. It provides China as an example of a country that has successfully implemented fiscal decentralization and suggests Egypt could benefit from adopting a more decentralized administrative system.

1. Presented to : dr. nagwa El shenawi
Presented by : mostafa mohamed ramzy
Fiscal decentralization : means decentralizing revenue raising and/or expenditure of moneys
to a lower level of government while maintaining financial responsibility.
Advantages of Decentralisation:
Growth and diversification:
Decentralisation facilitates growth and diversification of products and markets. Under
decentralisation, each product line is treated as a separate division so that it can respond quickly
to the changing demands of its special market. The self-contained product divisions enjoy
considerable independence and proper emphasis can be put on each product line under the
overall coordination and control of top management.
Quick and better decisions:
Decentralization permits prompt and more accurate decisions because decisions are made by
those who are fully aware of the realities of the situation. Decisions can be made near the point
of action without consulting higher levels and without waiting for approval of top executives
Democratic management:
Decentralisation makes for democratic management and flexibility of operations. People at
lower levels do not feel alienated from the top and there is little danger of administration
becoming top heavy or monolithic. Necessary changes can be made without dislocating the
entire structure
Disadvantages of Decentralisation:
More Financial Burden:
Decentralisation requires the employment of trained personnel to accept authority, it involves
more financial burden and a small enterprise cannot afford to appoint experts in various fields.

2. Conflict:
Decentralisation puts more pressure on divisional heads to realize profits at any cost. Often in
meeting their new profit plans, bring conflicts among managers
Centralization a process where the concentration of decision making is in a few hands. All the
important decision and actions at the lower level, all subjects and actions at the lower level are
subject to the approval of top management
Advantages and Disadvantages
the state takes upon itself the task of planning the whole economic life, the problem of the due
station of the different individuals and groups must indeed inevitably become the central political
problem. As the coercive power of the state will alone decide who is to have what, the only
power worth having will be a share in the exercise of this directing power. There will be no
economic or social questions that would not be political questions in the sense that their solution
will depend exclusively on who wield the coercive power, on whose are the views that will
prevail on all occasions….
the "advantage" there is no any local decisions. Which lead to the stabiblty of the state and the
avoidance of contradictory decisions between the twe level of government
the best for egypt
china is an example of applying the financial decentralization and if egypt which is a highly
centralized country adopt an decentralized administrative system it will facilitates the growth of
the economy and democratic management and flexibility of operations and Decentralization
permits prompt and more accurate decisions