TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crook, Richard Charles.
AU  - Manor, James.
TI  - Democracy and decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa: participation, accountability, and performance  
SN  - 0521631572 (hardback);0521636477 (pbk.)
U1  - 352.2/83 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge ;;New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Decentralization in government.;Decentralization in government.;Local .;Local government.;Comparative government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-330) and index
N2  -    This book is an in-depth empirical study of four Asian and African attempts to create democratic, decentralised local governments in the late 1980s and 1990s. The case studies of Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Karnataka (India) and Bangladesh focus upon the enhancement of participation; accountability between people, politicians and bureaucrats; and, most importantly, on whether governmental performance actually improved in
ER  -