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Government Decentralization in Comparative Perspective: Theory and Practice in Developing Countries
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The need to decentralize development planning and management has become a recurring theme in the plans and policies of international assistance agencies and developing nations in recent years as mentioned in this paper, with the shifting emphasis in development strategies toward promoting more socially equitable economic growth and meeting the basic needs of the poorest groups in developing societies.Abstract:
The need to decentralize development planning and management has become a recurring theme in the plans and policies of international assistance agencies and developing nations in recent years. With the shifting emphasis in development strategies toward promoting more socially equitable economic growth and meeting the basic needs of the poorest groups in developing societies, widespread participation in decision-making is considered essential to the development process, and decentralization has been advocated as a way of eliciting that participation.read more
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