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Local government discretion and accountability in Burkina Faso

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  • Sylvie Mahieu
  • Serdar Yilmaz

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Burkina Faso opted for a progressive approach to decentralization reforms, aiming at building local government capacity first before transferring responsibilities. We employ a diagnostic framework to analyze local government discretion and accountability in Burkina Faso. We find that local governments have a very low degree of discretionary power accompanied with weak accountability towards citizens at all levels. In the political and administrative spheres, the center plays a dominant role in local government affairs leaving little space for discretion. In the fiscal sphere, taxing powers are restricted, while transfers are insufficient and unpredictable, making local financial management extremely difficult. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Sylvie Mahieu & Serdar Yilmaz, 2010. "Local government discretion and accountability in Burkina Faso," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 30(5), pages 329-344, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:padxxx:v:30:y:2010:i:5:p:329-344
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    1. Kengo, Igei & Takako, Yuki & Angela Demas, 2015. "Measuring Quality of Policies and Their Implementation for Better Learning: Adapting the World Bank’s SABER Tools School Autonomy and Accountability to Burkina Faso," Working Papers 109, JICA Research Institute.

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