Title: Is decentralisation in Ghana pro-poor?

Authors: Obeng-Odoom, Franklin

Place: [Sydney

Publisher: University of technology Sydney (UTS)]

Year: 2010

Journal: Commonwealth journal of local governance (CJLG)

Volume: 6

PAGE: 120--126

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, budgeting, development planning, poverty alleviation, popular participation, ghana

Abstract: A brief comparison of the expenditure and revenue patterns of the poorest and richest local governments in Ghana suggests that local governments are not inherently pro-poor and that locally generated funds might be used in ways that do not reflect the needs of the locality as a whole.

URL: http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg/article/view/1620/1754

Document type: Portal