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050 0 0 _aJQ3121.A56
_bD42 2009
245 0 0 _aDecentralization, democracy, and development :
_brecent experience from Sierra Leone /
_cedited by Yongmei Zhou.
264 1 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bWorld Bank,
_cc2009.
300 _axxxii, 150 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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380 _aBibliography
490 1 _aA World Bank country study,
_x0253-2123
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Yongmei Zhou -- Establishing the legislative, political and administrative framework for local government and decentralization in Sierra Leone / Emmanuel Gaima -- Fiscal decentralization : building the financial capacity of local governments / Adams Sanpha Kargbo -- Administrative decentralization : building the non-financial capacity of local governments / Alhassan Kanu -- Decentralization in practice / Katherine Whiteside Casey -- Impact of decentralization on public services : evidence to date / Elizabeth Foster and Rachel Glennester -- Civic engagement in local governance / Yongmei Zhou and Ye Zhang -- Landscape of local authority in Sierra Leone : how traditional and modern justice and governance systems interact / Ryann Elizabeth Manning -- Reflections and conclusions on positives and problems resulting from devolution to date / Emmanuel Gaima.
520 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDecentralization in government
_zSierra Leone.
_916627
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zSierra Leone.
_916628
650 0 _aLocal government
_zSierra Leone.
_916629
651 0 _aSierra Leone
_xPolitics and government
_y1961-
_916630
700 1 _aZhou, Yongmei.
_916631
710 2 _aWorld Bank.
_916632
776 0 8 _aPrint Version:
_z9780821379998
830 0 _aWorld Bank country study.
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830 0 _aWorld Bank e-Library.
_916634
856 4 0 _uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7999-8
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