The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal

For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its de-c...

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Main Authors:	Dafflon, Bernard, Madiès, Thierry
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence Française de Développement 2013
Subjects:	Assignment of Responsibilities Institutional economics of decentralization Intergovernmental financial transfers Local debt Assignment of responsibilities Decentralized Budgets Decentralized revenue structures Institutional decentralization Local investments Local taxation devolution
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17164824/political-economy-decentralization-sub-saharan-africa-new-implementation-model-burkina-faso-ghana-kenya-senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12235

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spelling	okr-10986-122352021-04-23T14:02:59Z The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal Dafflon, Bernard Madiès, Thierry Dafflon, Bernard Madiès, Thierry Assignment of Responsibilities Institutional economics of decentralization Intergovernmental financial transfers Local debt Assignment of responsibilities Decentralized Budgets Decentralized revenue structures Institutional decentralization Local investments Local taxation devolution For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its de-concentrated structures have been transferred to lower government layers. Additionally, local governments are gradually emerging as development actors. Whatever the reasons for decentralization, the transfer of new functions to local governments can be substantive, at least in intent. This publication offers a new policy-oriented implementation model, applied systematically in parallel in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal. The book studies the individual countries and compares similar issues based on the same blueprint. The analysis is not intended to assess whether the chosen decentralization model is the right one, which does not exist. Rather, it examines decentralization achievements in specific national settings and compares those achievements with the announced objectives. The divergences revealed enable decision makers to choose appropriate directions for country reform. This method does not transpose textbook solutions to the states. The reference framework offers an analytical approach contextualized to each country that integrates not only economic arguments, but also sociopolitical ones. The authors propose an analytical guide founded on political and institutional economy. They analyze decentralized policies that help stakeholders to identify the issues, point out stumbling blocks, and ensure coherent decisions on decentralization. 2013-01-31T21:22:02Z 2013-01-31T21:22:02Z 2013 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17164824/political-economy-decentralization-sub-saharan-africa-new-implementation-model-burkina-faso-ghana-kenya-senegal 978-0-8213-9613-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12235 English en_US Africa Development Forum; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence Française de Développement Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Burkina Faso Ghana Kenya Senegal
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topic	Assignment of Responsibilities Institutional economics of decentralization Intergovernmental financial transfers Local debt Assignment of responsibilities Decentralized Budgets Decentralized revenue structures Institutional decentralization Local investments Local taxation devolution
spellingShingle	Assignment of Responsibilities Institutional economics of decentralization Intergovernmental financial transfers Local debt Assignment of responsibilities Decentralized Budgets Decentralized revenue structures Institutional decentralization Local investments Local taxation devolution Dafflon, Bernard Madiès, Thierry The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
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description	For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its de-concentrated structures have been transferred to lower government layers. Additionally, local governments are gradually emerging as development actors. Whatever the reasons for decentralization, the transfer of new functions to local governments can be substantive, at least in intent. This publication offers a new policy-oriented implementation model, applied systematically in parallel in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal. The book studies the individual countries and compares similar issues based on the same blueprint. The analysis is not intended to assess whether the chosen decentralization model is the right one, which does not exist. Rather, it examines decentralization achievements in specific national settings and compares those achievements with the announced objectives. The divergences revealed enable decision makers to choose appropriate directions for country reform. This method does not transpose textbook solutions to the states. The reference framework offers an analytical approach contextualized to each country that integrates not only economic arguments, but also sociopolitical ones. The authors propose an analytical guide founded on political and institutional economy. They analyze decentralized policies that help stakeholders to identify the issues, point out stumbling blocks, and ensure coherent decisions on decentralization.
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title	The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
title_short	The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
title_full	The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
title_fullStr	The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
title_full_unstemmed	The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
title_sort	political economy of decentralization in sub-saharan africa : a new implementation model in burkina faso, ghana, kenya, and senegal
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence Française de Développement
publishDate	2013
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