12. Version 7 section
Decentralization
• In over 85 countries
• Political and economic rationales
• brief discussion
• 3 major forms
– Deconcentration
– Decentralization
– Devolution
13. Version 7 section
Decentralization Issues
• Design can be complicated
• brief discussion
– Political, fiscal and administrative policies and
institutions
• Who is doing what, and how is it financed …
• Intergovernmental Fiscal System
• How are controls maintained?
27. Version 7 section
Summary
• Good governance and transparency requires
systems for recording government operations
• brief discussion
and having inclusive policies
• Decentralization improves public service delivery
but the design and system must exist to ensure
accountability
• GRP Technology is an enabler of the PFM agenda