The main expected benefits of decentralisation were local participation in the planning of the services, increased responsiveness to locally-experienced problems, and ultimately increased efficiency and quality.
But over the years, local participation has steadily declined.
Local participation usually grows quickly in subsequent years.
This home secretary praises local participation, wants more people to get involved.
The best guarantee against waste, corruption and mismanagement is local participation.
More local powers will encourage participation: We think there is a relationship between powers and levels of local participation.
"Is there a model of power and development which is more focused on local concerns through local participation itself?" asks Parmar.
As Claudio Alatorre, an IDB climate change specialist, says: "My impression is that many of the renewable energy projects that we are seeing have some local participation.
Mr Idrissu says local participation is central to the project.
International firms bidding on the project will include local participation and investment.
In this paper we compare levels of local participation across conservation schemes.
