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Decentralization, democracy, and development : recent experience from Sierra Leone /

This publication addresses the question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries. The publication is a collection of eight papers writ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Zhou, Yongmei
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank country study.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Yongmei Zhou
  • Establishing the legislative, political and administrative framework for local government and decentralization in Sierra Leone / Emmanuel Gaima
  • Fiscal decentralization : building the financial capacity of local governments / Adams Sanpha Kargbo
  • Administrative decentralization : building the non-financial capacity of local governments / Alhassan Kanu
  • Decentralization in practice / Katherine Whiteside Casey
  • Impact of decentralization on public services : evidence to date / Elizabeth Foster and Rachel Glennester
  • Civic engagement in local governance / Yongmei Zhou and Ye Zhang
  • Landscape of local authority in Sierra Leone : how traditional and modern justice and governance systems interact / Ryann Elizabeth Manning
  • Reflections and conclusions on positives and problems resulting from devolution to date / Emmanuel Gaima.