Decentralization, Democracy, and Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone
In 2004, the government of Sierra Leone opted for a rethink of its national governance arrangement by embarking on the resuscitation of democratically elected local government after 32 years experimenting with central government appointed district...
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okr-10986-26722021-04-23T14:02:03Z Decentralization, Democracy, and Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone Zhou, Yongmei Zhou, Yongmei ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC ELECTION DISTRICT COUNCILS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE LOCAL INVESTMENT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION URBAN COUNCILS In 2004, the government of Sierra Leone opted for a rethink of its national governance arrangement by embarking on the resuscitation of democratically elected local government after 32 years experimenting with central government appointed district and municipal governments. The decision by the government and the people of Sierra Leone was driven by a primary consideration to address the country's seeming nonperformance in the areas of citizens' participation in governance and responding to the needs of citizens as it relates to attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as ensuring poverty reduction in the country. This book is a retrospective of the decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) reestablished 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. The author is partners who were intimately involved in the reform. Through recording various aspects of the process and reflecting on the observations and learning during that time, the author hope to contribute to the debates on the merits and risks of decentralization in general and its desirability and viability in post-conflict countries. 2012-03-19T10:04:30Z 2012-03-19T10:04:30Z 2009-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090916004825 978-0-8213-7999-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2672 English World Bank Country Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sierra Leone |
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ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC ELECTION DISTRICT COUNCILS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE LOCAL INVESTMENT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION URBAN COUNCILS |
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ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC ELECTION DISTRICT COUNCILS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GOVERNANCE LOCAL INVESTMENT POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION URBAN COUNCILS Zhou, Yongmei Decentralization, Democracy, and Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
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In 2004, the government of Sierra Leone
opted for a rethink of its national governance arrangement
by embarking on the resuscitation of democratically elected
local government after 32 years experimenting with central
government appointed district and municipal governments. The
decision by the government and the people of Sierra Leone
was driven by a primary consideration to address the
country's seeming nonperformance in the areas of
citizens' participation in governance and responding to
the needs of citizens as it relates to attainment of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as ensuring
poverty reduction in the country. This book is a
retrospective of the decentralization reform process in
Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, the
Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) reestablished 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. The
author is partners who were intimately involved in the
reform. Through recording various aspects of the process and
reflecting on the observations and learning during that
time, the author hope to contribute to the debates on the
merits and risks of decentralization in general and its
desirability and viability in post-conflict countries. |
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Zhou, Yongmei |
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Zhou, Yongmei Zhou, Yongmei |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Zhou, Yongmei |
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Zhou, Yongmei |
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Decentralization, Democracy, and
Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
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Decentralization, Democracy, and
Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
| title_full |
Decentralization, Democracy, and
Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
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Decentralization, Democracy, and
Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
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Decentralization, Democracy, and
Development : Recent Experience from Sierra Leone |
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decentralization, democracy, and
development : recent experience from sierra leone |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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