Somalia is emerging from decades of conflict, with the signing of the Provisional Constitution in 2012 paving the way toward a political settlement. Whereas the Provisional Constitution defines the boundaries of Somalia based on the […]
This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. As argued by Oates (1972) long ago, when local administrations are not pressured to […]
During a research trip to Malawi in 2012, a senior government official commented that nearly two decades after the government had renewed its commitment to democratic decentralisation, the working of local government in Malawi was […]
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