Title: Decentralized service delivery in Nairobi and Mombasa : policies, politics and inter-governmental relations

Authors: Mitullah, Winnie V.

Place: Helsinki

Publisher: United nations university. World institute for development economics research (UNU-WIDER)

Year: 2012

Journal: Working paper / UNU-WIDER

Volume: 2012/92

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: co-operation between organizations, public administration, public services, municipal government, decentralization in government, kenya

Abstract: Despite decentralization, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in the two largest cities of Kenya. A proliferation of actors with overlapping mandates, opaque development frameworks, and intra- and inter-party politics remain major obstacles to providing critical services.

URL: http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-092/_files/88622574047395941/default/wp2012-092.pdf

Document type: Portal