The proposed edited volume surveys how current local governance policies and development strategies across Africa and the Middle east are advancing Sustainable

An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. It outlines the key issu

Critical examinations of efforts to make governments more efficient and responsive Political upheavals and civil wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable succe