Title: Local government in Ethiopia : still an apparatus of control?

Authors: Ayele, Zemelak

Place: [Grahamstown

Publisher: African journals online (AJOL)]

Year: 2011

Journal: Law democracy & development

Volume: 15

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, decentralization in government, political aspects, public services, public administration, ethiopia

Abstract: This article argues that in spite of the declared objectives of re-decentralisation in Ethiopia, the tradition of using local government as a means of control remains very much intact. Yet, “local mechanisms” allowed a considerable increase in the “access and provision of public goods”.

URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ldd/article/viewFile/70804/59462

Document type: Portal