Preface: Interrogating Decentralisation in Africa

Decentralisation in South Africa¤

2 The complexities of decentralisation 5 2.1 Types of decentralisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Arguments for (and against) decentralisation . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2.1 Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2.2 E¢ciency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2.3 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

PREFACE

Preface

PREFACE

Democratic Decentralisation in the Forestry Sector: Lessons Learned from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Acknowledgements: This synthesis would not have been possible without being able to draw on the excellent work of numerous researchers and other professionals from around the world, as well as on conversations with many of them. I particularly want to thank and Lini Wollenberg, as well as all of the participants of the Bellagio Workshop on Decentralization and the Environment, all of whom have ...