Arkorful, Vincent Ekow  <br/><br/>
Sabine Kuhlmann, Benoît Paul Dumas and Moritz Heuberger (eds.), the capacity of local governments in Europe: Autonomy, responsibilities and reforms 

 - Review of Development and Change   
 - 29(2), Dec, 2024: p.263-266 
<br/><br/> Sabine Kuhlmann, Benoît Paul Dumas and Moritz Heuberger (Eds.), The Capacity of Local Governments in Europe: Autonomy, Responsibilities and Reforms. Palgrave MacMillan, 2022, xi + 121 pp. EUR 39.99, ISBN: 9783031079610 (Hardback). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07962-7<br/>The contesting and contrasting outcomes in decentralised governance across developed and developing countries have in recent years catapulted into prominence issues of their competence to push the critical multidimensional development agenda vested in them. Consequently, the subject of local governments’ capacity has preoccupied the attention of policymakers, academics and civil society activists, and like never before, this has become more pronounced at a time when the subject of development – as captured and prioritised under the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals – has become a dominant and binding development blueprint.- Reproduced<br/><br/>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09722661241268978<br/>Sabine Kuhlmann, Benoît Paul Dumas and Moritz Heuberger (Eds.), The Capacity of Local Governments in Europe: Autonomy, Responsibilities and Reforms. Palgrave MacMillan, 2022, xi + 121 pp. EUR 39.99, ISBN: 9783031079610 (Hardback). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07962-7<br/>The contesting and contrasting outcomes in decentralised governance across developed and developing countries have in recent years catapulted into prominence issues of their competence to push the critical multidimensional development agenda vested in them. Consequently, the subject of local governments’ capacity has preoccupied the attention of policymakers, academics and civil society activists, and like never before, this has become more pronounced at a time when the subject of development – as captured and prioritised under the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals – has become a dominant and binding development blueprint.- Reproduced<br/><br/>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09722661241268978<br/>