Title: Assessing the merits of decentralization as a conflict mitigation strategy

Authors: Siegle, Joseph and O'Mahony, Patrick

Place: [University Park, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania state university. College of information sciences and technology

Year: 2006]

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, conflict, local government, local finance, development policy, employment, ethnic conflict, colombia, ghana, philippines, uganda

Abstract: Case studies from Colombia, Ghana, the Philippines, and Uganda illustrate the complex effects of decentralization on conflict stabilization. Decentralization supportive of higher local government expenditures, employment, and elected leaders have been less likely to succumb to ethnic conflict.

URL: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f240/a47a91ff48e86ce030192edaca2c7dd88f90.pdf

Document type: E-article