National policy in local practice: the case of Rwanda

Autor:	Malin Hasselskog, Isabell Schierenbeck
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Economic growth Government Local practice Political science Accountability National Policy Socioeconomic development Development Public administration Local governance Decentralization National leadership
Zdroj:	Third World Quarterly. 36:950-966
ISSN:	1360-2241 0143-6597
DOI:	10.1080/01436597.2015.1030386
Popis:	Far reaching decentralisation reform has been launched in Rwanda, intended to contribute to socioeconomic development as well as to reconstruction and reconciliation. While the reform is well in line with the international trend of a ‘local turn’, the Rwandan government makes a point of not letting donors or other external actors set the agenda. Determined to formulate its own policies, thus claiming ‘national ownership’, it has, within the frame of decentralisation, launched several development programmes to be locally implemented and to promote local participation and downward accountability. However, the reform and programmes are designed and decided upon in a top-down manner by the central national leadership. This article analyses local experiences and perceptions of decentralisation and related programmes, and investigates whether and how such reform provides for local participation and downward accountability. It concludes that nationally owned reform is not necessarily an alternative to externally...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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