000			01563pab a2200169 454500
008			180718b2000 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aSchroeder, Larry
245			_aSocial funds and local government: the case of Malawi
260			_c2000
300			_ap.423-38
362			_aDec
520			_aTwo instruments - social funds and decentralization - are currently quite popular policy instruments being adopted in many developing countries throughout the world. Each of these instruments is currently being used or is being implemented in Malawi, Africa. While each instrument is intended to improve the flow of public services in a locality, the article discusses how each has certain potential theoretical advantages over the other. The article then goes on to describe and analyze the flow of resources to Malawian communities under the two largest social action programs, neither of which currently relies on substantial inputs, financial or human, from local governments. The data illustrates a wide disparity in the per capita amounts allocated to these demand-driven initiatives across districts but also shows the relatively diverse set of local public services supported by the funds. The article close with a discussion of how these two initiatives might be merged within the context of the new Local Government Act 1998, under which local services are to be devolved in the near future. - Reproduced
650			_aLocal government - Malawi
650			_aLocal government
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a47799
999			_c47799 _d47799