Local Foundations for Better Governance : A Review of Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao's 'Localizing Development'
In Localizing Development, Mansuri and Rao survey theory and evidence for development strategies based on local community empowerment. This note extends their theoretical argument by focusing on local government as a vital source of new leadership....
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/20464579/local-foundations-better-governance-review-ghazala-mansuri-vijayendra-raos-localizing-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20699 |
| Summary: | In Localizing Development, Mansuri and
Rao survey theory and evidence for development strategies
based on local community empowerment. This note extends
their theoretical argument by focusing on local government
as a vital source of new leadership. Local leaders who
provide better public service can prove their qualifications
for higher office, but new competition from popular local
leaders may be against the interests of incumbent national
leaders. Thus, decentralization reforms that could benefit
economic development may face powerful resistance.
International assistance should promote a balanced
development of local and national governments, along with a
free press to monitor government at all levels. To better
inform public discussions of decentralization reforms, the
World Bank should actively support research on comparative
subnational politics. |
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