Decentralization and Development in Contemporary Uganda

Green, Elliott

doi:10.1080/13597566.2015.1114925

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“…These services were access to improved water sources, road conditions, and the conditions of local health facilities. For the water audit, we recorded the round-trip walking time to the nearest improved water 29 Ndegwa (2003); Green (2015). 30 Grossman and NDI (2011).…”

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“…5 Although appointed local bureaucrats are also key actors in local public service provision, LC V politicians must approve of bureaucrats' budgets and work plans. See Raffler (2016); Green (2015). A large proportion of subjects in our baseline survey indicated that good budget management was important in deciding how to vote for district officials.…”

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Budgets, SMS Texts, and Votes in Uganda

2019

Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning

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Budgets, SMS Texts, and Votes in Uganda

2019

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“…Although most authors (Max, 1991;Boon and Jong, 1991;King, 2012;Norman, 1998;Mollel and Tullenaar, 2013;Green, 2015) seem to link devolution with the transfer of power to the local authorities, yet what happened in Tanzania is the transfer of authority from the central government to the local government, enabling the later to pursue all matters regarding social, economical and political development which were formerly being done by the central government. For example, before devolution the mandates to determine collection of revenue on various agricultural products were vested on the central government but after the reforms which paved a way for devolution the mandate has been shifted to the local government authority up to the village level.…”

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Anatomy of pay in decentralisation by devolution in Tanzania

Norman¹

2018

Int. J. Educ. Admin. Pol. Stud.

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Decentralization has become an eminent discourse for boosting people's participation in decision making. Arguably, one of the pillars to boost good governance. Nevertheless, various levels of governance, which have resulted from decentralisation by devolution have varied perspectives on rewards for the work they perform especially the lowest namely village and ward levels. The contestation is on who deserves to receive payment for the elected posts. There are diversified opinions on the matter. Some opine that councillors, deserve more pay for their exertion. On the other hand, some opine that village chairpersons deserve pay for their work. Some people opine that both councillors and village chairpersons deserve pay. Hence, the main objective of the study is to find out which cadre deserves more attention to payment between the ward councillor's and village chairpersons. This is a case study design which focused on Hai district in Kilimanjaro. The literature has employed interview as the major information collection strategy. Observation and documentation were used as supportive strategies. The sample was drawn through purposeful sampling from four wards, which is 100% of the sample with which the chairpersons are also the councillors in Hai district. The analysis of information has utilised descriptive analysis, which is cemented on logical reasoning of the contents. The research has concluded that 100% of the respondents were in favour of a village chairperson to be paid than a councillor. In addition, it was evident that village chairperson work is more tasking than councillors.

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“…While successful in this regard, the ultimate effect was arguably to replace conflict at the top with conflict at the local level. 8 How can decentralization be designed in ways that promote powersharing? A properly operating decentralized system should naturally lead to the sharing of powers that have been devolved to different subnational levels of government.…”

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Decentralizing for a Deeper, More Supple Democracy

Faguet¹,

Fox²,

Pöschl³

2015

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We review recent evidence regarding decentralization and state strength and argue that decentralization can deepen democracy without compromising state strength if adequately designed. We examine how decentralization affects five key aspects of state strength: 1) Authority over territory and people, 2) Conflict prevention 3) Policy autonomy and the ability to uphold the law, 4) Responsive, accountable service provision, and 5) Social learning. We provide specific reform paths that should lead to strengthening in each.

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Decentralization and Development in Contemporary Uganda

Cited by 41 publications

References 38 publications

Budgets, SMS Texts, and Votes in Uganda

Budgets, SMS Texts, and Votes in Uganda

Anatomy of pay in decentralisation by devolution in Tanzania

Decentralizing for a Deeper, More Supple Democracy

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