LEADER 03490nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455209703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-29352-4 010 $a9786612293528 010 $a0-8213-8001-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816254 035 $a(EBL)476223 035 $a(OCoLC)464698332 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11118969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026339 035 $a(PQKB)10567028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476223 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476223 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229352 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816254 100 $a20091118d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDecentralization, democracy, and development$b[electronic resource] $erecent experience from Sierra Leone /$fedited by Yongmei Zhou 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 1 $aA World Bank country study,$x0253-2123 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7999-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Foreword; Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Figures; Tables; 1. Establishing the Legislative, Political, and Administrative Framework for Local Government and Decentralization in Sierra Leone; 2. Fiscal Decentralization: Building the Financial Capacity of Local Governments; 3. Administrative Decentralization: Building the Non-Financial Capacity of Local Governments; 4. Decentralization in Practice; 5. Impact of Decentralization on Public Services: Evidence to Date; Boxes; 6. Civic Engagement in Local Governance 327 $a7. Landscape of Local Authority in Sierra Leone: How ""Traditional"" and ""Modern"" Justice and Governance Systems Interact8. Reflections and Conclusions on Positives and Problems Resulting from Devolution to Date; Appendix: IRCBP Evaluations Unit: Overview of Surveys; References 330 $aThe question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness is hotly debated among researchers and policy makers. Decentralization, Democracy, and Development contributes to the empirical literature on decentralization and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries.This book is a collection of eight papers written by nine authors who were intimately involved in the complex decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, Sierra Leone's government est 410 0$aWorld Bank country study. 606 $aDecentralization in government$zSierra Leone 606 $aLocal government$zSierra Leone 606 $aDemocracy$zSierra Leone 607 $aSierra Leone$xPolitics and government$y1961- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDecentralization in government 615 0$aLocal government 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.809664 676 $a342.6029 701 $aZhou$b Yongmei$01043064 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455209703321 996 $aDecentralization, democracy, and development$92467775 997 $aUNINA