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100			_aSundaram, K.V.
245			_aDecentralisation and local governance: country experience of India, Nepal, Uganda and Ghana
260			_c1998
300			_ap.70-78
362			_aMar
520			_aThe decentralisation experiences of four countries are reviewed - India and Nepal in Asia, and Uganda and Ghana in Africa. In India and Nepal, decentralisation policies have suffered in the past because of the absence of sufficient political and bureaucratic will, imperfect planning mechanisms and weak local government structures. While in India, which has the longest history of experience with decentralisation policies, recent constitutional amendments have been geared towards the revival of local government, political uncertainties in Nepal have, by contrast, affected continuity in decentralisation policies. In Uganda and Ghana, central control has been a striking common feature of the decentralisation scenario, with little evidence of the autonomy that characterises local self government. The effective functioning of the local government system in these countries has, furthermore, been hampered by serious inadequacies in logistic support, housing, transport facilities, office accommodation, and the like, to the point where, in Uganda, government staff posted to district offices had to return to national headquarters. - Reproduced
650			_aDecentralization - Ghana
650			_aDecentralization - Uganda
650			_aDecentralization - Nepal
650			_aDecentralization - India
650			_aLocal government - Ghana
650			_aLocal government - Uganda
650			_aLocal government - Nepal
650			_aLocal government - India
650			_aLocal government
773			_aSocial Change
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999			_c43030 _d43030