decentralization, based on relationships of accountability between different actors in the delivery chain. Moving from a model of … central provision to that of decentralization to local governments introduces a new relationship of accountability …. Only by examining how these relationships change can we understand why decentralization can, and sometimes cannot, lead to …

The report examines the local government sector in Kenya, the reform and decentralization process, and the dynamics of …

This overall picture of decentralization and local democracy in African countries shows significant progress at the … strictly institutional level. No country now publicly opposes the implementation of decentralization policies. Local …, be set against a number of persistent obstacles that continue to hinder a real progression of decentralization in Africa …

The Uganda Country Integrated Fiduciary Assessment (CIFA) consolidates (in five volumes) the results, and … the budgetary, financial accountability, and transparency challenges that Uganda is facing. CIFA marks a first step toward … adopting a single standard assessment of Uganda's public financial management (PFM) systems for all levels of government. The …