Decentralisation in Africa
Subtitle: a pathway out of poverty and conflict?
By: Gordon Crawford and Christof Hartmann.
Contributors: Hartmann, Christof.
Publisher: Amsterdam University
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789053569344
Subjects: Decentralization in government -- Africa
Description: "Grounded in empirically-based country case studies, this new study provides a sober assessment of what decentralisation can achieve. The current momentum for decentralisation of government in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world is unparalleled, but are the benefits claimed by its advocates being realised? Focusing on two claims in particular, this book questions whether decentralisation does offer a significant pathway out of poverty and conflict in Africa. Issues of poverty reduction are addressed in Uganda, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania, while those of conflict management are explored in Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.