Why do central governments decentralize power? And under what conditions can they reverse the decentralization of power? This dissertation examines changing patterns in intergovernmental fiscal relations (IGFR) in four countries: Brazil, South Africa, Peru, and Senegal, from 198…
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My dissertation addresses the following question: How does foreign direct investment (FDI) influence the economic institution building process in transition states? I argue that the voice of investors is substantial, but can be limited without domestic agents, who simultaneously…
The interest and motivation that encouraged the pursuit of this study are the results of the political and social reform initiatives which unfolded in 1991 in Ethiopia. A monarchy (late 19th century–1974) and a military-communist government (1974–1991) had favored a single Ethio…
This study concerns school reform in Malta. Under the policy framework ‘For All Children to Succeed’ (Ministry of Education, Youth & Employment, 2005) [henceforth referred to as FACT], Maltese state schools embarked on the process of being organized into networks called ‘college…
The concept of participation seems to reflect in most development programmes that involve people at the grassroots level. In Ghana, the introduction of the decentralization programme in the late 1980s that aimed at promoting effective, comprehensive and rapid development, more e…
In the last decade, important members of the international aid community - including the UNDP, the World Bank, and USAID - have produced reports that encourage states to devolve administrative power. In response, the Uzbek government promoted its ongoing efforts to empower local…
This study has attempted to find a way forward in understanding the "people of the land" and their enigmatic relationship with King Josiah by focusing on socio-political aspects of their activities. The historical and diachronic study of the term "`an? ho'ares" in the Hebrew Bib…
This thesis examines whether and under what conditions the recent decentralization of irrigation management in Turkey can deepen democracy through a comparative study of irrigation management decentralization in two provinces in Turkey: Urfa and Aydin. In Turkey, the state agenc…
Historically, the state has established patrimonial ties with relatively homogenous local elites, and used them to make rural life accessible and identifiable for the center. While rural life was reorganized chiefly in functional and territorial terms, the patrimonial ties were …
Following extensive decentralization in developing countries, urban planning and development initiatives are now increasingly designed around community participation and multi-stakeholder partnerships. Community participation is supposed to make projects more efficient and also …
Literature on democracy frequently found that there is a strong relationship between decentralized government and democracy. Increased in political participation, government transparency, government responsiveness, and the dynamic in regional politics were found to take place as…
This dissertation demonstrates how external agency participatory programs with village committees and how multi-party competition and rivalries have undermined women's decision making and access to forest resources and land in a rural Senegalese community. Using a participatory …
Indonesian government has declared in the law No. 20 of 2003 on National Education System to implement school-based management (SBM). SBM is an educational policy that has become established in Western countries. The purpose of the study is to learn how SBM is being implemented …
After 32 years of centralized rule under President Soeharto (1966-1998), Indonesia joined the ranks of decentralized nations in 1999 in what is popularly known as the "big bang" approach to decentralization. A broad range of powers were devolved to district and city governments …
This study focuses on the time when the Indonesia government launched a new national curriculum, CBC, in response to both the need to produce human resources to survive in the era of globalization and the change in the government system from centralization to decentralization, w…
The first and third papers of this dissertation provide evidence on one piece of a broad debate over decentralizing health sectors in developing countries: the popular but undocumented claim that transferring public money to local governments will not affect population health be…
This study examines the performance of decentralized health and education service delivery in Indonesia. Results show that education outcomes improved with decentralization, and that local governments are responding to local needs for education services. Decentralization also br…