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| Title: | Intergovernmental relations in Ghana, 1988-1995 |
| Author: | Ayee, Joseph R.A. |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Periodical: | Verfassung und Recht in Übersee |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 330-354 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | popular participation decentralization |
| Abstract: | Ghana's decentralization programme, launched under the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) while implementing a structural adjustment programme (SAP) in 1988, was geared towards both political and administrative decentralization. The programme's objectives have not been realized mainly because of the uneven distribution of power relationships and tasks between the central government and the District Assemblies, the local government units. The paper examines central-local government relations in Ghana and their implications for the relocation of government administration. The nature of intergovernmental relations and the degree of autonomy that should be given to local management of resources is evaluated on the basis of the choice of levels, choice of decentralized authority, choice of tasks to decentralize, and choice of device used to decentralize power. The author emphasizes the political nature of the relationships and focuses on substantive policies, especially those relating to financial issues, such as revenue raising and resource allocation. He argues that subnational governments, if they are to have any political credibility and legitimacy, must have some measure of independence in the level of revenue they raise, the choice of public goods on which to spend it and the capacity to recruit staff. Ref., sum. (p. 285-286). (Also published in: Démocraties africaines, année 3, no. 10 (1997), p. 72-81.) |
