Decentralization and governance: a special issue of World Development, 2013

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Is Community Management an Efficient and Effective Model of Public Service Delivery? Lessons from the Rural Water Supply Sector in Malawi (2015, background): “The themes of decentralization and citizen participation were, of course, prominent far beyond the water sector during this period (Bardhan, 2002; McCourt, 2013; Faguet, 2014).”
Getting the territory right: infrastructure-led development and the re-emergence of spatial planning strategies (2019, background): “The rollback of postwar development strategies was accompanied by the devolution of power to more local levels of government (Faguet, 2014), while civil society organizations were empowered vis-à-vis the state (Edwards and Hulme, 1996).”
Racing to the Bottom or to the Top? Decentralization, Revenue Pressures, and Governance Reform in China (2017, positive): “In newly decentralized systems, weak local governments risk becoming captured by powerful local interests, leading to corruption and favoritism instead of greater local accountability (Bardhan and Mookherjee 2006; Faguet 2014, 6; Mattingly, 2016).”
Improving Governance for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Scenario Forecasting the Next 50 years (2015, background): “Furthermore, the concept of “decentralization” often appears in the context of governance reforms as a potential means to make governance more inclusive/responsive or capable/effective (Faguet, 2014, p. 2).”