Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe

The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local g

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In practice, most education systems have both centralized and decentralized elements. Planners involved in a decentralizing reform must identify which component

This collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government o