Decentralization, democracy, and development: (Record no. 168067)

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control field The World Bank
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2009279823
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0821379992 (pbk)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 082138001X (e-book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780821379998
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780821380017 (e-book)
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System control number (The World Bank)ocn377808116
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Original cataloging agency BTCTA
Transcribing agency BTCTA
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Authentication code lccopycat
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JQ3121.A56
Item number D42 2009
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
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245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Decentralization, democracy, and development:
Medium [electronic resource]
Remainder of title recent experience from Sierra Leone /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Yongmei Zhou.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxii, 150 p. :
Other physical details ill., maps;
Dimensions 26 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A World Bank country study,
International Standard Serial Number 0253-2123
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction/Yongmei Zhou -- Establishing the legislative, political and administrative framework for local government and decentralization in Sierra Leone/Emmanuel Gaima -- Fiscal decentralization: building the financial capacity of local governments/Adams Sanpha Kargbo -- Administrative decentralization: building the non-financial capacity of local governments/Alhassan Kanu -- Decentralization in practice/Katherine Whiteside Casey -- Impact of decentralization on public services: evidence to date/Elizabeth Foster and Rachel Glennester -- Civic engagement in local governance/Yongmei Zhou and Ye Zhang -- Landscape of local authority in Sierra Leone: how traditional and modern justice and governance systems interact/Ryann Elizabeth Manning -- Reflections and conclusions on positives and problems resulting from devolution to date/Emmanuel Gaima.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This publication addresses the question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries. The publication is a collection of eight papers written by authors who were closely involved in the decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, Sierra Leone's government established elected district and urban councils across the country, transferred certain responsibilities for primary services and local investment and some financial resources to the new councils, and invested heavily in building the administrative infrastructure and capacity of the local councils. Compared to most other Sub-Saharan African countries that have embarked upon decentralization, Sierra Leone's progress in building local government capacity and restructuring the fiscal system is enviable. The authors conclude that improved security and public services are possible in a decentralizing country and Sierra Leone's progress would not have been possible without significant effort at fiscal decentralization and intensive investment in local government capacity building. The most critical ingredient for this reform process is the leadership team in charge of promoting the new institutional framework and their persistent effort to achieve quick improvement in the local government system and public services.--Publisher's description.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Decentralization in government
Geographic subdivision Sierra Leone.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy
Geographic subdivision Sierra Leone.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Local government
Geographic subdivision Sierra Leone.
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651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Sierra Leone
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1961-
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Zhou, Yongmei.
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710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element World Bank.
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Main entry heading Print Version:
International Standard Book Number 9780821379998
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title World Bank country study.
9 (RLIN) 70122
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Uniform title World Bank e-Library.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821379998">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821379998</a>
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Koha item type E-Book

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