Policy Decentralization and the Endogenous Effects of State Traditions: Devolution of Water Management in Ghana and Senegal

Krol, Gerrit

doi:10.1080/13597566.2015.1114922

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“…In the quest to bring in instant solutions, most emphasis was on institutionally engineering best practices, often based on the prevailing ideas among the experts of development studies community. Yet, as this special issue shows, despite the similarities in institutional design, the results of these reforms vary significantly across African countries, and such variation suggests that endogenous factors play a role (see especially, Krol, 2015). That is, home-grown local factors seem to influence the workings of decentralization, running parallel to the mostly exogenous institutional designs.…”

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Decentralization in Africa and the Resilience of Traditional Authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe's Track Record

Chigwata

2015

Regional & Federal Studies

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This paper looks at one of the most important endogenous factors influencing the workings of decentralization in Zimbabwe. Successive waves of formal institutional change that took place during Zimbabwe's colonial and post-colonial history have been unable able to uproot the influence of traditional leaders. Due to their home-grown legitimacy, various traditional authorities continue to play an ever-present role in the lives of people in rural areas. But, as it is the case throughout most of Africa, the powers of traditional leaders have mostly been uncodified under modern law and these power relations tend to be rather informal and culturally inaccessible to most outsiders. Consequently, the scholarly literature has not been able to systematically acknowledge their pervasive influence. The article concludes with a reflection on how the influence of traditional authorities can be translated into the democratic and progressive empowerment of rural populations in the developing world.

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Decentralization in Africa and the Resilience of Traditional Authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe's Track Record

Chigwata

2015

Regional & Federal Studies

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Iron Houses in the Tropical Heat: Decentralization Reforms in Africa and their Consequences

Erk

2015

Regional & Federal Studies

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What is a Chief without Land? Impact of Land Reforms on Power Structures in Namibia

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Kromrey

2015

Regional & Federal Studies

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Policy Decentralization and the Endogenous Effects of State Traditions: Devolution of Water Management in Ghana and Senegal

Cited by 3 publications

References 45 publications

Decentralization in Africa and the Resilience of Traditional Authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe's Track Record

Decentralization in Africa and the Resilience of Traditional Authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe's Track Record

Iron Houses in the Tropical Heat: Decentralization Reforms in Africa and their Consequences

What is a Chief without Land? Impact of Land Reforms on Power Structures in Namibia

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