Title: State and governance : the limits of decentralisation

Authors: Chabal, Patrick

Place: The Hague

Publisher: SNV Netherlands development organisation

Year: 2007

Journal: SNV publications

Volume: H0702-01

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: states, governance, development, economic growth, decentralization in government, political conditions, poverty alleviation, africa, africa south of sahara

Abstract: The lessons of the experience of those countries where decentralization has had a positive impact suggest that devolution of power and the control of resources at the local level can only work to improve conditions when the State itself is committed to State and governance.

URL: http://www.search4dev.nl/nl/record/283415

Document type: Portal