Decentralisations in practice in southern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorIDSen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:22Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractDifferent forms of decentralisation are occurring in parallel, often in ways that cause confusion, ambiguity, high transaction costs and conflict, in southern Africa. Case studies in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how political authorities with downward accountability to electorates co-exist and sometimes conflict with decentralised service delivery (through line ministries, NGOs or donor projects). Multiple decentralisations have also brought conflicts between new local government authorities and "traditional" authorities - often further complicated by party-related affiliations. Rather than relying on idealised notions of decentralisation, the case studies suggest that efforts should be made to avoid the creation of parallel authority structures. Local government reform must take account of existing social and economic complexity and local power dynamics and not wish them away in the development of new systems of local governance. And, without providing adequate resources, and attempting to build capacity beyond councils, new elected authorities may quickly lose legitimacy, and fail to provide the development benefits they claim.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier1657en
dc.identifier.citationIDS Bulletin 34(3): 79-96en
dc.identifier.issn0265-5012en
dc.identifier.other1657_Decentralisations_in_Practice_in_Souther.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66255en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBrighton, U.K.: Kensington Pressen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/bulletin/bull343.htmen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2003 by Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectConflicten
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectSubtropicsen
dc.subjectGovernment institutionsen
dc.subjectGovernmenten
dc.subjectDecentralizationen
dc.subjectTransaction costsen
dc.subjectDecentralised service deliveryen
dc.subjectLocal government authoritiesen
dc.subject"Traditional" authoritiesen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleDecentralisations in practice in southern Africaen
dc.typePeriodicalen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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