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100			_aEdwards, Benjamin
245			_aDecentralization as a post- conflict strategy: local government discretion and accountability in Sierra Leone
260			_c2015
300			_ap.46-60.
362			_aFeb
520			_aSierra Leone has made progress in recovering from a decade-long civil war, in part due to decentralization. As a post-conflict stabilization strategy, decentralization has been effective in satisfying the desire for more equitable political representation, and three rounds of peaceful elections have strengthened democratic norms. However, more needs to be performed to strengthen local governments in order to address regional horizontal inequity. Solely political decentralization is not sufficient in addressing regional differences in pro-poor service delivery, which was a key driver of conflict. It requires broader commitment to establish a functioning local government system, including central government subscription to the tenets of administrative and fiscal decentralization. Though Sierra Leone has remained stable in terms of political violence, recent data show that the nation has not made great strides in addressing weak and inequitable social service delivery. This paper argues that this stagnation is a product of the incomplete nature of the post-conflict stabilization strategy of decentralization and that correcting this failure will require strong commitment from the central government to implementing the full measure of the existing legal framework for decentralization. - Reproduced.
650			_aLocal government
650			_aDecentralization
700			_aBoxes, Jamie.
700			_aYilmaz, Serdar.
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a108545
999			_c108540 _d108540