Making Decentralization Work (Hardcover)  | Released: 2011

It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economiTable of Contents: Democracy, Development, and Security as Objectives of Decentralization • The Promise of Decentralized Democratic Governance • Elections and the Development of Local Democracy • Decentralization and Community Empowerment • Decentralization, Authority,