Decentralization: Case Studies
Case studies offer detailed accounts of reform efforts in particular countries. They are based on in-depth interviews conducted by ISS researchers with the individuals at the center of reform initiatives, as well as informed observers and consultants. These case studies detail the challenges the reformer faced, the options considered, program design, implementation, obstacles encountered, strategies for success, and reformer reflections.
(Order reflects web posting date)
- Negotiating Divisions in a Divided Land: Creating Provinces for a New South Africa, 1993
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local, Constitutions
Country: South Africa
- Decentralizing Authority in Post-Suharto Indonesia: The Big Bang Theory, 1998-2010
Focus Area: Decentralization, Building a Reform Team and Staff, Balancing the Central and Local, Civil Service
Country: Indonesia
- The Promise of Imihigo: Decentralized Service Delivery in Rwanda, 2006-2010
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local, Civil Service
Country: Rwanda
- Coalition Building in a Divided Society: Bihar State, India, 2005-2009
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local, Containing Patronage Pressures, Civil Service
Country: India
- Embracing the Power of Tradition: Decentralization in Mozambique, 1992-2000
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: Mozambique
- Managing Spoilers at the Bargaining Table: Inkatha and the Talks to End Apartheid, 1990-1994
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: South Africa
- Provincial Secessionists and Decentralization: Papua New Guinea, 1985-1995
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: Papua New Guinea
- Decentralization Without Disintegration: Provincial Government in Papua New Guinea, 1972-1985
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: Papua New Guinea
