Title: District assemblies in a fix : the perils of self-seeking tendencies in decentralisation policy reforms in Malawi

Authors: Chinsinga, Blessings

Place: [Dakar]

Publisher: Council for the development of social science research in Africa (CODESRIA)

Year: 2007

Journal: Africa development

Volume: vol. 32, no. 1

PAGE: 89--111

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, research, historical research, local government, nongovernmental organizations, administrative reform, governance, accountability, elite, poverty alleviation, malawi

Abstract: Placed in the broader context of political, economic and social transformation of Malawi, this paper says that unless self-seeking tendencies are tamed, the trinity of good governance, development and poverty reduction in the evolving structures of local government will remain an unattainable ideal.

URL: http://ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/viewFile/57161/45549

Document type: Portal