Decentralization and the social economics of development : lessons from Kenya /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Decentralization in government > Kenya.; Rural development > Kenya.; Agencies and Organizations.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Rural Development, (New March 2000); Decentralization.; Democracy.; Institutions.; Local government.; Rural areas.; Rural development.; Socioeconomics.; Kenya > Social conditions.; Kenya > Economic conditions.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book focuses on the experience of decentralization in rural Kenya and is presented in two parts under the following themes: (i) successes and failures of decentralization (chapters 2-6); and (ii) socioeconomic and institutional preconditions for successful decentralization (chapters 7-10). The text will be of interest to researchers and students in social sciences and development studies, and to policy makers in international aid agencies, non-governmental development organizations and government ministries. A subject index is included.