Introduction : decentralisation as a pathway out of poverty and conflict? / Gordon Crawford and Christof Hartmann -- Constraints on the implementation of decentralisation and implications for poverty reduction : the case of Uganda / Susan Steiner -- Decentralisation and poverty reduction in Malawi : a critical appraisal / Blessings Chinsinga -- Poverty and the politics of (de)centralisation in Ghana / Gordon Crawford -- The impact of decentralisation on poverty in Tanzania / Meine Pieter van Dijk -- Decentralisation and the legacy of protracted conflict : Mauritius, Namibia and South Africa / Christof Hartmann -- Decentralisation and conflict in Kibaale, Uganda / Anna Katharina Schelnberger -- Decentralisation as a stabilising factor in Rwanda / Peter van Tilburg -- Conclusion : decentralisation, no shortcut to development and peace / Christof Hartmann and Gordon Crawford
Summary
This book questions whether decentralisation does offer a significant pathway out of poverty and conflict in Africa
