LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN GHANA

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dc.contributor.authorKpentey, Sarah Buerkwor
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-08T15:02:44Z
dc.date.available2026-02-08T15:02:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractFor a few decades now, national leaders worldwide have become more interested and developed a positive appreciation of the role of the local government in the socio-economic development of a country. This paper discusses decentralisation and the local government system of Ghana. Through empirical findings and literature review, this paper analyses the local government structure of Ghana, its effectiveness and citizen participation. It examines the gap that exist between decentralisation and local government as proposed in the laws of the land and decentralisation as being practiced. The paper draws attention to the structural deficiencies and obtacles confronting the full realisation of a more participatory local government in the country. It observes central government’s relunctance to truely relinquish control over its powers and the various recentralisation “traps” it has built in the decentralisation process. The paper concurs that participation without accountability is only a partial ingredient to a highly responsive local governmeny.
dc.description.abstractFor a few decades now, national leaders worldwide have become more interested and developed a positive appreciation of the role of the local government in the socio-economic development of a country. This paper discusses decentralisation and the local government system of Ghana. Through empirical findings and literature review, this paper analyses the local government structure of Ghana, its effectiveness and citizen participation. It examines the gap that exist between decentralisation and local government as proposed in the laws of the land and decentralisation as being practiced. The paper draws attention to the structural deficiencies and obtacles confronting the full realisation of a more participatory local government in the country. It observes central government’s relunctance to truely relinquish control over its powers and the various recentralisation “traps” it has built in the decentralisation process. The paper concurs that participation without accountability is only a partial ingredient to a highly responsive local governmeny.
dc.identifier.endpage188
dc.identifier.issn2636-7645
dc.identifier.issn2636-7645
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage168
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/3614
dc.identifier.volume2
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.relation.ispartofAcademic Review of Humanities and Social Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofAcademic Review of Humanities and Social Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20260207
dc.subjectBusiness Administration
dc.subjectİşletme
dc.titleLOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN GHANA
dc.title.alternativeLOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN GHANA
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