Title: The politics of decentralisation and donor funding in South Africa's rural water sector

Authors: Galvin, Mary and Habib, Adam

Place: Basingstoke [etc.]

Publisher: Carfax

Year: 2003

Journal: Journal of Southern African studies

Volume: vol. 29, no. 4

PAGE: 865--884

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, development assistance, community participation, water supply, south africa

Abstract: This study of the impact of donors on decentralization in South Africa shows that decentralization has taken a state-centric form. Western donors failed to promote a more inclusive community-oriented form of decentralization.

URL: http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Rural-water-politics.pdf

Document type: Portal