Title: Making decentralization accountable : a framework for analysis and empirical studies from south Asia and west Africa : paper submitted to Comparative politics

Authors: Agrawal, Arun and Ribot, Jesse C.

Place: [Bloomington, IN

Publisher: Indiana university]

Year: 2000

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, popular participation, political power, history, south asia, west africa

Abstract: A framework for examining the degree to which decentralizations are being carried out is described. Most decentralization efforts end up without increasing much the powers of local authorities or peoples. Since 1917, francophone West Africa has seen at least four distinct waves.

URL: http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/3720/agrawal-making_decentralization-accountable.pdf

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