Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
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Decentralization is defined as the transfer of resources, authority, and power. Moreover, Decentralization comprises the transfer of authority, power, and responsibility within the state and the sharing of resources and authority for shaping public policy within the community. Successful implementation of Decentralization requires the right ingredients, an appropriate time frame, and some degree of experimentation.
Strengths of Decentralization
Decentralization enhances the capacity of local governments and civil society organizations, and the private sector to extend services to many individuals. Moreover, this can be a technique of issuing great political representation to different ethnicities, religions, politics, and cultures without undermining the government. Decentralization gives room to the three supremacy organizations, namely the private sector, government, and civil society firms, to turn into more innovation and creativity in reacting to the public (Weible & Sabatier, 2017). As a result, this can help states balance regional developments, mobilize private resources, and empower communities for investment in facilities and infrastructure. Decentralization helps build institutions’ capacity within civil society firms and local governments to attain the UN’s millennium development objectives and enhance opportunities to enforce strategies successfully for the less privileged that dwell on local societies to take tenure of poverty-alleviation platforms.
Limitations of Decentralization
Decentralization may accelerate the prospective for elite capture of local administrations destabilized by the will to elevate enough monetary funds to avail services sufficiently. Decentralization may also fail due to low stages of administrative and capability of management in civil society firms and local governments. Decentralization may be equally accompanied by enhanced levels of corruption nepotism, amongst other aspects.
Forms of Decentralization can be categorized into four forms, namely; political, economic, fiscal, and administrative
References
Weible, C. M., & Sabatier, P. A. (Eds.). (2017). Theories of the policy process. Hachette UK. http://edwardwimberley.com/courses/IntroEnvPol/theorypolprocess.pdf