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New Constitution-making process - Index of articles
Devolution of power - Human Rights Bulletin - Issue 73
Zimbabwe Human
Rights NGO Forum
May 30, 2012
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Introduction
Devolution of
powers refers to the transfer of power from a central government
to local or regional governments. Whereas centralized government
systems have a unitary hub of governance enjoying a monopoly in
most governance roles, devolution of power calls for decentralization
of the governance and administrative roles and a cascading of such
to local and community levels. Devolution of power can be further
understood as the sharing of power between the various spheres of
government within one state. In that sense it calls for government
to cede authority, resources and responsibilities to the local communities
involving not just the transfer of power but also of financial resources.
The most accepted system of government in most countries the world
over has been the centralized form of governance, characterized
by rigidness and at most, tightly controlled administrative systems.
This has resulted in an unbalanced distribution and allocation of
public resources as well as suppressing the democratic voice of
citizens especially at grassroots level, alienating them from decision
making in government issues.
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