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dc.contributor.authorMuriisa, Roberts Kabeba.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T11:51:52Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T11:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationMuriisa, R. K. (2008). Decentralisation in Uganda: prospects for improved service delivery. Africa Development, 33(4).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0850-3907
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/501
dc.descriptionDecentralisation is the transfer of administrative and political powers from central to regional or sub-national governments. Decentralisation is a longtime practice in Africa.en_US
dc.description.abstractSince the 1980s, many Sub-Saharan African countries have been undergoing structural reforms with a view to promoting efficient service delivery. Decentralisation, defined as the transfer of authority from central to local governments to perform certain duties, is seen as one of the public sector reform strategies to increase service delivery. Decentralisation in Uganda began in 1986 with the coming into power of the National Resistance Movement, which aimed at promoting democracy and enhancing local participation. In Uganda, political decentralisation developed along with financial decentralisation. The goal of political decentralisation was to promote people’s participation in the democratic process of Uganda. This took the form of Administrative Units – Resistance Councils (RC)1 running from the village to district levels. Financial decentralisation, on the other hand, attempted to assign responsibilities and taxes between the centre and local governments, to enable the transfer of grants and other resources to different parts of the country, and to improve service delivery. This paper will review different government, public and academic documents as well as findings of other researches such as UN reports about decentralisation and service delivery in Uganda. Based on these sources the paper will answer the following questions: to what extent does decentralisation increase service delivery? To what extent does decentralisation increase efficiency, participation, accountability and effectiveness? What are the challenges of implementing decentralisation in Uganda?en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCodesria.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;pp. 83–95
dc.subjectDecentralisation, accountability, efficiency, economy, effectiveness and performance.en_US
dc.titleDecentralisation in Uganda:en_US
dc.title.alternativeProspects for Improved Service Deliveryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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