Balancing the Central and Local
Improving services often means giving more power to regions or districts. In theory, local governments can monitor performance of their officers more easily and they often have more information about what people want and need in their areas. However, decentralization may also create new opportunities to divert funds from their intended uses or encourage fragmentation. How is it possible to manage these tensions so that new services are available outside the capital?
Latest Publications
- 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
- Conjuring and Consolidating a Turnaround: Governance in Bogotá, 1992-2003
Focus Area: City Management, Balancing the Central and Local, Containing Patronage Pressures, Civil Service
Country: Colombia
- 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
- Building Beira: A Municipal Turnaround in Mozambique, 2003-2010
Focus Area: City Management, Getting the News Out/Managing Expectations, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: Mozambique
- The Promise of Imihigo: Decentralized Service Delivery in Rwanda, 2006-2010
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local, Civil Service
Country: Rwanda
Latest Interviews
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Toni, Ana
Focus Area: City Management, Balancing the Central and Local, Countering Criminal Economies
Country: Brazil
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Ramos, Silvia
Focus Area: City Management, Building a Reform Team and Staff, Balancing the Central and Local, Countering Criminal Economies, Accountable Policing
Country: Brazil
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Lepani, Charles
Focus Area: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: Papua New Guinea
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Biswa Sarma, Shri Himanta
Focus Area: Decentralization, Reconciling Economic Policy and Institution-Building Goals, Getting the News Out/Managing Expectations, Balancing the Central and Local
Country: India
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Morales, Juan Carlos Vargas
Focus Area: Balancing the Central and Local, Civil Service
Country: Colombia
