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Decentralization and Local Governance in Tanzania

2018
Decentralization, local governance, and sustainable development are still exploratory, despite an increased importance in facilitating development of citizens. In facilitating development, many challenges remain in designing a more decentralized and governance mechanisms that are inclusive and can facilitate sustainability.
Neema Penance Kumburu, Vincent Sebastian Pande   +1 more
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Decentralization & Local Government

Social Policy & Administration, 1987
AbstractCriticism of the achievements of the Welfare State have led to more emphasis on the role of local government in providing new styles of welfare services. This has presented a challenge to Labour party authorities in Britain and can be seen as an aspect of conflict with Conservative party central government.
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Decentralization and Local Governance in Thailand

2010
This chapter focuses on the surge of decentralization and forms of local government in Thailand, including several ongoing issues that follow the surge of decentralization. Decentralization, posted by the 1997 Constitution, has had significant impacts on local government in Thailand.
ACHAKORN WONGPREEDEE, CHANDRA MAHAKANJANA   +1 more
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Fiscal Decentralization at Local Government of Ethiopia

2020
In the last quarter century, many countries have engaged in the process of decentralization by transferring the responsibilities of the state to lower tiers of government. The major purpose of this study was to explore the practice of fiscal decentralization at the local government of governments of Ethiopia, with a special emphasis on the Awi ...
Getachew Alebachew Mekonnen, Walelign Awoke Kassie   +1 more
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Decentralization and Local Governments in Kenya [PDF]

, 2008
This paper is adapted from a recent World Bank study that examined the performance of Kenya’s five largest cities, namely Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Elodret. That study identified a host of factors that have contributed to the failure of Kenyan cities, especially Nairobi and other large cities, from realizing their full economic potential ...
Balakrishna Menon, James Mutero and Simon Macharia, James Mutero, Simon Macharia   +2 more
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Local Government and decentralization in the Sudan

Public Administration and Development, 1983
AbstractThe establishment of an effective local government system has been imperative in the Sudan both on account of the vast scale of the country and the decentralization policies of successive governments. District councils were initially established in 1951 following the Marshall Report, but were by stages superseded as budgetary authorities, and ...
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The Impact of Senegal's Decentralization on Women in Local Governance

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, 2002
ResumeCet article s’interesse a un vide dans la litterature sur la decentralization africaine en examinant l’impact de la decentralisation sur la participation des femmes dans les collectivites locales. L’article enquete sur la representation numerique des femmes dans les institutions decentralisees et sur les facteurs qui contribuent a cette ...
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Functional Decentralization in Portuguese Local Governments

Public Administration Quarterly, 2016
As a result of the dramatic growth in functional decentralization processes in Portuguese municipalities, this study examines public services delivery in the 308 Portuguese local governments existing in 2011. By using Biplot analyses, the aim of this study is to analyse the Portuguese functional decentralization processes by population ranges and ...
Beatriz Cuadrado Ballesteros, Jennifer Martãnez Ferrero, Maria da Conceição Marques   +2 more
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Local Government and Strategies for Decentralization in the "State of the Autonomies"

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 1997
The convergent forces of democratization, decentralization, the welfare state, and international integration have made Spanish local governments similar to their equivalents in other parts of Europe. Nevertheless, local governments are the most poorly defined part of the post-Franco puzzle of reform.
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Decentralization, local governance and ‘recentralization’ in Africa

Public Administration and Development, 2001
AbstractAlthough Many African states have pursued substantial decentralization reforms in the previous twenty years, many of these reforms are still experiencing problems in bringing about effective local governance. Often these problems grow from the difficulty in translating general reform initiatives into specific working arrangements at the local ...
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