Democratic transition in East Africa: governance and development at the grassroots

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Title:	Democratic transition in East Africa: governance and development at the grassroots
Author:	Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania Project
Year:	2011
Pages:	461
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Dar es Salaam
Publisher:	Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania
ISBN:	9987609430; 9789987609437
Geographic term:	East Africa
Subjects:	local government reform governance local finance civil society social services
Abstract:	This volume contains the papers presented at the 12th annual conference organized by Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania, which was held in Arusha on 17-18 November 2009. The theme of the conference was 'Governance and development at the grassroots in the East African region'. A total of 25 papers were presented on the following seven subthemes: 1) governance and development, 2) local government reforms, 3) accountability and transparency, 4) role of civil society organisations and the business community in governance, 5) financing of local governments, 6) local governance and social service delivery, 7) grassroots elections. Cases are presented from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. [ASC Leiden abstract]