Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development : Ghana's Experiences for Policy and Practice in Developing Countries

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance -- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development in Ghana -- Chapter 3. Decoding the Paradox of Decentralization with Centralized Characteristics in Democratic Ghana -- Chapter 4. Legitimizing Local Governance and Development Reforms in Ghana -- Part II. Institutional Choice, Representation, Poverty Reduction and Local Development -- Chapter 5. Towards the Election of MMDCEs: A Case for Local Government Reforms in Ghana -- Chapter 6. Women and Social Development: Opportunities for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Governance in Ghana -- Chapter 7. Sub-district Structures and Local Governance in Ghana: Role of Unit Committees in Promoting Popular Participation -- Chapter 8. Sub-National Structures, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development under Ghana’s Local Governance System -- Part III. Local Governance, Resource Capacity and Service Delivery -- Chapter 9. Domestic Revenue Mobilization: Institutional Challenges in Ghana’s Decentralization System -- Chapter 10. Financial and Human Resource Capacities of Sub-National Governance Structures in Ghana -- Chapter 11. Decentralization and Resource Capacity for Sustainable Sanitation Service Delivery in Ghana -- Chapter 12. Health Sector Decentralisation and Delivery of Responsive Healthcare in Ghana -- Chapter 13. Fiscal Decentralization with Autonomy for Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction in Ghana -- Part IV. Non- State Actors, Local Governance and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 14. Changing Role of Traditional Authorities in Local Governance and Development in Ghana -- Chapter 15. Non-Governmental Organizations as Partners for Sustainable Local Development: Ghana’s Experiences -- Chapter 16. Strengthening Citizens’ Participation in Local Economic Development for Sustainability in Ghana -- Chapter 17. Decentralising for Democratic Polycentric Local Government System in Ghana: Challenges for Sustainable Development.