Togo Decentralized Service Delivery : Status and Way Forward for Strengthening Communes
This policy note constitutes an integral part of the policy dialogue with the Government of Togo in support of its ongoing decentralization process. The note recognizes the potential of decentralization to enhance local service delivery, if done we...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/637341562230297485/Togo-Decentralized-Service-Delivery-Status-and-Way-forward-for-Strengthening-Communes-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32099 |
| Summary: | This policy note constitutes an integral
part of the policy dialogue with the Government of Togo in
support of its ongoing decentralization process. The note
recognizes the potential of decentralization to enhance
local service delivery, if done well. Hence, the policy note
assesses the current state of decentralization in Togo, with
a specific focus on decentralization from central government
to communes, the lowest level of government, and front-line
for local service delivery. The note provides a set of
recommendations for reform actions that can be implemented
in short, medium, and long-term that will place the Togolese
decentralization process and intergovernmental system on an
optimal path, given the status of reforms as of the date of
preparation of the policy note. This policy note is of equal
importance for subnational stakeholders such as the
prefects, and the special delegates, as well as the
Secretaries-General of communes and other core staff.
Finally, it will be of use to citizens, and to civil society
organizations involved in initiatives to improve the
delivery of communal services, as well as to the range of
donors that are actively working to support the
decentralization process in Togo. |
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