01435pab a2200181 454500008004000000100003000040245012700070260000900197300001500206362000800221520083200229650004301061650003001104650003101134650002101165700002501186773004201211180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSoubliere, Jean-Francois   aExplaining levels of local government involvement in service delivery: the dynamics of cross-sector partnerships in Malawi  c2015  ap.192-205.  aAug  aThis study explores how local governments and their development partners that is, donors, non-governmental organisations and private companies structure their partnerships as they work together to provide services to communities. Cases of collaboration between four organisations working in the rural water supply sector and six local governments in Malawi are studied. Using a cross-case qualitative methodology, we illustrate how power and control translate into practices, leading to different levels of local government involvement in service delivery. This study contributes to the literature on cross-sector partnerships in particular by developing empirically-based propositions that help explain the dynamic trajectories that partnerships between local governments and their development partners can take. - Reproduced.  aNongovernmental organizations - Malawi  aPublic utilities - Malawi  aLocal Government  - Malawi  aLocal Government  aCloutier, Charlotte   aPublic Administration and Development