
Decentralization in Ghana
Policy, Practice and Performance
George Owusu(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 18. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
76 pages
978-3-8433-8961-7 (ISBN)
Description
This research investigated the extent to which the Decentralization Policy of Ghana which has been implemented since 1988 conforms to international best practice, the degree to which the policy lends itself to achieving its objectives and the extent to which the implementation has achieved policy objectives. The research has revealed that the policy falls short of best practice as prescribed by the World Bank and USAID and which has been implemented by other countries which have been successful in achieving the intent and objectives of decentralization and local governance . It has also been discovered that implementation deviates widely from the policies that are supposed to guide the practice. The analysis was done under the three main types of decentralization: Political, Administrative and Fiscal with recommendations for improvement given under each type of decentralization
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8433-8961-7 (9783843389617)
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George attended high school in Ghana at OKESS and University at KNUST in Ghana and obtained a Bachelor Degree in Planning.He worked with the Government of Ghana as District Planning Officer. In 2005, he left for the Netherlands to pursue Masters Degree in Development Studies. George is the Manager of the Ahafo Linkages Programme in Ghana .