Title: Governance gone local : does decentralization improve accountability?

Authors: Campos, Jose Edgardo and Hellman, Joel S.

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World Bank

Year: 2005

PAGE: 237--252

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, accountability, elite, fiscal policy, governance, regional co-operation, competition

Abstract: This chapter discusses five key governance risks that could mitigate the posited advantages of decentralization: capture, clientelism, capacity constraints, competition over the balance of power between levels of government, and weaknesses in effective interregional competition.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPDECEN/Resources/Chapter-11.pdf

Document type: Portal