Addressing Urban Poverty In The Context Of Decentralization In Eastern And Southern Africa
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Urban Poverty in Africa
Author | : Mary Gachocho |
Publisher | : UN-HABITAT |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9789211314342 |
This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Africa Regional Workshop on Urban Poverty, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 1998. The papers are the outputs of the regional programme supported by UNCHS (Habitat) and the Ford Foundation since 1992. The papers published in this volume analyse urban poverty trends in East and Southern Africa, and review different strategies that countries and cities have pursued to address urban poverty.
Local Governance in Africa
Author | : Dele Olowu |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781588261731 |
An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. It outlines the key issues involved, provides historical context, and identifies the factors that have encouraged or discouraged success.
Local Democracy and Decentralization in East and Southern Africa
Author | : |
Publisher | : UN-HABITAT |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Decentralization in government |
ISBN | : 9211316669 |
The State of African Cities 2008
Author | : |
Publisher | : UN-HABITAT |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9211320151 |
With rapidly increasing urban populations, cities in Africa are faced with enormous challenges and will have to find ways to facilitate by 2015 urban services, livelihoods and housing for more than twice as many urban dwellers than it has today. A worrying trend with the African urbanization process is that it is a process rooted in poverty rather than an industrialization-induced socio-economic transition as in other major world urban regions. Africas escalating urban problems have received less attention than warranted and now, at the dawn of Africas urban age, these need to be addressed - publisher.
The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization
Author | : James Manor |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe this can help stimulate economic growth or reduce rural poverty, goals central government interventions have failed to achieve. Some countries see it as a way to strengthen civil society and deepen democracy. Some perceive it as a way to off-load expensive responsibilities onto lower level governments. Thus, decentralization is seen as a solution to many different kinds of problems. This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It explores why countries have often chosen not to decentralize, even when evidence suggests that doing so would be in the interests of the government. It seeks to explain why since the early 1980s many countries have undertaken some form of decentralization. This report also evaluates the evidence to understand where decentralization has considerable promise and where it does not. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed. It identifies the ways in which decentralization can promote rural development. And it names the goals which decentralization will probably not help achieve.
Lessons for Effective Fiscal Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author | : Mr.Niko A Hobdari |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2018-07-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1484358260 |
Fiscal decentralization is becoming a pressing issue in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting demands for a greater local voice in spending decisions and efforts to strengthen social cohesion. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to distill the lessons for an effective fiscal decentralization reform, focusing on the macroeconomic aspects. The main findings for sub-Saharan African countries that have decentralized, based on an empirical analysis and four case studies (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda), are as follows: • Determinants and effectiveness: Empirical results suggest that (1) the major driving forces behind fiscal decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa include efforts to defuse ethnic conflicts, the initial level of income, and the urban-ization rate, whereas strength of democracy is not an important determi-nant for decentralization; and (2) decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa is associated with higher growth in the presence of stronger institutions. • Spending assignments: The allocation of spending across levels of gov-ernment in the four case studies is broadly consistent with best practice. However, in Uganda, unlike in the other three case studies, subnational governments have little flexibility to make spending decisions as a result of a deconcentrated rather than a devolved system of government. • Own revenue: The assignment of taxing powers is broadly in line with best practice in the four case studies, with the bulk of subnational revenue coming from property taxes and from fees for local services. However, own revenues are a very small fraction of subnational spending, reflecting weak cadaster systems and a high level of informality in the economy.
Decentralisation in Africa
Author | : Gordon Crawford |
Publisher | : Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9053569340 |
'Decentralisation in Afrika' is een sobere beoordeling van wat decentralisatie precies kan bereiken. Decentralisatie van overheden in Afrikaanse landen en elders in de derde wereld krijgt de laatste tijd een impuls, vaak gedreven door Multilaterale en bilaterale instanties (de 'donoren'). Maar worden de voordelen hiervan wel gerealiseerd? In dit boek worden vraagtekens gezet bij de kwestie of decentralisatie wel een gunstige uitweg biedt voor de armoede en het conflict in Afrika.