Title: Local government and good governance : the case of Samoa

Authors: Amosa, Desmond Uelese

Place: [Sydney

Publisher: University of technology Sydney (UTS)]

Year: 2010

Journal: Commonwealth journal of local governance (CJLG)

Volume: 7

PAGE: 7--21

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, decentralization in government, governance, capacity building, cultural and social anthropology, samoa

Abstract: The author uses the case of decentralization in Samoa to argue that capacity building for accountability and transparency in local government should take into account sound knowledge and respect of cultural practices and traditions.

URL: http://utsescholarship.lib.uts.edu.au/epress/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/download/1891/2007&oi=scholaralrt&ct=alrt&cd=1&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1w7hjGt2jKM0RulofOxutluUg0cA

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