Local Government Discretion and Accountability in Ethiopia

Serdar Yilmaz and Varsha Venugopal

International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU from International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Abstract: This paper analyzes local government discretion and accountability in Ethiopia in the political, administrative, and fiscal domains. It is based on literature review and interviews of local governments and community members in four regions (Amhara, Oromiya, Tigray and Afar), nine woredas and eighteen kebeles.

Keywords: Local Government; Ethiopia; Decentralization; Local Accountability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2008-12-01
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