Decentralization, democracy, and development [[electronic resource] ] : recent experience from Sierra Leone / / edited by Yongmei Zhou

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.809664; 342.6029
• Soggetto topico: Decentralization in government - Sierra Leone; Local government - Sierra Leone; Democracy - Sierra Leone
• Soggetto geografico: Sierra Leone Politics and government 1961-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ZhouYongmei
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; 7. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Decentralization, democracy, and development
• ISBN: 1-282-29352-4; 9786612293528; 0-8213-8001-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455209703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank country study.