Decentralisation and Poverty in Developing Countries : Exploring the Impact

Johannes Jütting ... [et al]

Decentralisation has been advocated by donors and development agencies as an important factor broadening citizen participation and improving local governance, thereby promoting poverty reduction from the bottom up. On the basis of a comprehensive review of 19 country case studies documented in the literature, this paper questions this assumption.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Jütting, Johannes P. ; Kauffmann, Céline ; McDonnell, Ida ; Osterrieder, Holger ; Pinaud, Nicolas ; Wegner, Lucia
Publisher:	Paris : OECD Publishing
Subject:	Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Armut \| Poverty \| Dezentralisierung \| Decentralization \| Bürgerbeteiligung \| Public participation \| Soziale Bewegung \| Social movement

Extent:	59 p. 21 x 29.7cm
Series:	OECD Development Centre Working Papers ; no.236
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1787/132704628030 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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