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

Decentralization reforms introduced to Africa in the 1990s have not always delivered the intended long-term outcomes. This is a collection on the consequences o

This book is an in-depth empirical study of four Asian and African attempts to create democratic, decentralised local governments in the late 1980s and 1990s. T

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

In recent decades laws passed by African governments to transfer power and resources to local and other subnational governments (SNGs) have been greeted by many