LEADER 04698oam 22007935 450 001 9910821612803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-29352-4 010 $a9786612293528 010 $a0-8213-8001-X 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-7999-8 035 $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(Au-PeEL)EBL476223 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476223 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn377808116 035 $a(US-djbf)15988563 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816254 100 $a20091118d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDecentralization, democracy, and development : $erecent experience from Sierra Leone /$fedited by Yongmei Zhou 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2009. 215 $axxxii, 150 pages $cillustrations, maps ;$d26 cm 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 3 $aThis publication addresses the question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries. The publication is a collection of eight papers written by authors who were closely involved in the decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, Sierra Leone's government established elected district and urban councils across the country, transferred certain responsibilities for primary services and local investment and some financial resources to the new councils, and invested heavily in building the administrative infrastructure and capacity of the local councils. Compared to most other Sub-Saharan African countries that have embarked upon decentralization, Sierra Leone's progress in building local government capacity and restructuring the fiscal system is enviable. The authors conclude that improved security and public services are possible in a decentralizing country and Sierra Leone's progress would not have been possible without significant effort at fiscal decentralization and intensive investment in local government capacity building. The most critical ingredient for this reform process is the leadership team in charge of promoting the new institutional framework and their persistent effort to achieve quick improvement in the local government system and public services.--Publisher's description. 410 0$aWorld Bank country study. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aDecentralization in government$zSierra Leone 606 $aLocal government$zSierra Leone 606 $aDemocracy$zSierra Leone 607 $aSierra Leone$xPolitics and government$y1961- 615 0$aDecentralization in government 615 0$aLocal government 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.809664 676 $a342.6029 701 $aZhou$b Yongmei$01625746 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bBTCTA 801 1$bBTCTA 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bGZM 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bYHM 801 2$bCOD 801 2$bTJC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821612803321 996 $aDecentralization, democracy, and development$94035411 997 $aUNINA