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Policy options for good governance and local economic development in eastern and Southern Africa

Policy options for good governance and local economic development in eastern and Southern Africa POLICY OPTIONS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA GEORGE MATOVU INTROD UCTION Good governance has been identified as one of the main factors that enhance the economic development of localities. Since the 1980s, govern- ments in Eastern and Southern Africa have been attempting to implement policies aimed at promoting good governance in order to foster economic development. Post-independence governments in the region have been advocating for decentralisation not only as a means for the expansion of democratic space and the active involvement of the masses in the develop- ment endeavour, but also for good governance and the economic develop- ment of localities. The implementation of Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes and trade liberalisation during the 1980s and 1990s also re- duced the role of the central governments in the management of national and local economies. It was generally believed that power sharing in the decision-making process between the centre and the sub-national units of governance will lead to good governance and consequently to local eco- nomic development. However, decentralisation efforts have in most cases kept substantive power in the hands of the central government elite and their local allies. As a result, local level http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Policy options for good governance and local economic development in eastern and Southern Africa

Urban Forum , Volume 13 (4) – Jul 21, 2002

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Springer SBM
Subject
Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Human Geography; Sociology; Political Science; Population Economics
ISSN
1015-3802
eISSN
1874-6330
DOI
10.1007/s12132-002-0018-x
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Abstract

POLICY OPTIONS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA GEORGE MATOVU INTROD UCTION Good governance has been identified as one of the main factors that enhance the economic development of localities. Since the 1980s, govern- ments in Eastern and Southern Africa have been attempting to implement policies aimed at promoting good governance in order to foster economic development. Post-independence governments in the region have been advocating for decentralisation not only as a means for the expansion of democratic space and the active involvement of the masses in the develop- ment endeavour, but also for good governance and the economic develop- ment of localities. The implementation of Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes and trade liberalisation during the 1980s and 1990s also re- duced the role of the central governments in the management of national and local economies. It was generally believed that power sharing in the decision-making process between the centre and the sub-national units of governance will lead to good governance and consequently to local eco- nomic development. However, decentralisation efforts have in most cases kept substantive power in the hands of the central government elite and their local allies. As a result, local level

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Published: Jul 21, 2002

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