Such differences have invited debates and discussion. This document lists definitions of decentralization, deconcentration, devolution and other related ...

Decentralization is often decided top-down, and is a strategy for increasing the head-offices' capacity to achieve proposed objectives, while devolution is ...

Decentralization can be defined as the relocation of administrative functions away from a central location, and devolution as the relocation of power away from ...

Decentralisation spreads powers, functions and information over many levels of government, and creates a more complex network for public decision-making and ...

This paper discusses the devolution and its implication on local levels that are directly related to local people and grass-roots democracy. The Constitution of ...

A decentralized politico-administrative set-up has been adopted with powers being transferred to lower-level political institutions, thus widening the base for ...

If some country, for convenience of administration devolves administrative power only, upon a regional administrative units, this is called decentralization of ...

Decentralisation refers to the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the central government level to elected authorities at the subnational level ( ...

At the same time, decentralization refers to the delegation of the authority to make decisions and the tasks themselves to those who actually do it.