Title: Implementing decentralisation in Mali : the experiences of two rural municipalities in southern Mali

Authors: Coulibaly, Amadi and Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.

Place: London

Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED). Drylands programme

Year: 2004

Journal: Issue paper / IIED

Volume: 127

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, community power, elections, rural settlements, mali

Abstract: This study documents and analyses the evolution of rural decentralization in Mali since 1999. It assesses how the municipalities’ origins and social capital have affected their internal dynamics and achievements and suggests how decentralization can be made to work for rural people.

URL: http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/9329IIED.pdf

Document type: Portal