The role of decentralisation in post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone
| Autor: | Andrew Nickson, Joel Cutting |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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05 social sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Decentralization Human development (humanity) 0506 political science Sierra leone Bricolage Politics Hybridity Political science Local government Sustainability 050602 political science & public administration Economic system |
| Zdroj: | Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal. 1:799-816 |
| ISSN: | 2379-9978 2380-2014 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23802014.2016.1353890 |
| Popis: | Sierra Leone is widely cited as a positive example of the contribution that decentralisation can play in post-conflict reconstruction. This article critically examines this viewpoint from a political economy perspective as applied to an understanding of donor-driven institutional reform as well as the nature of hybridity and its impact on the sustainability of decentralisation processes. It examines the devolution of functions, finance, political and administrative powers, as well as its impact on three aspects of human development – primary health, basic education and rural water supply. The article concludes that external pressure can indeed ‘lock-in’ reforms but that a more nuanced, iterative and locally contextualised approach based on sound political economy analysis is needed in order to foster and sustain reform gains. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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