Abstract
The author of this volume, Kwamena Ahwoi, has no doubt benefited in the writing of this book from the insights acquired as a Minister of Local Government in Ghana for over 12 years (he is presently a staff member of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration). Kwamena Ahwoi was the Minister who piloted the Local Government Act 1993 and other important legislation related to local government such as the District Assemblies Common Fund Act 1993, and the National Development Planning (System) Act 1994. This book therefore is both an insider’s view and an academic account.
Highlights
The book is organized in four parts
Officials lack sufficient understanding of local government reforms and of the roles expected of councillors and the district bureaucrats
Local authorities may not be ready or capable to manage such functions, or the functions are transferred to the local authority but they are performed or managed ineffectively
Summary
Laws on local government and decentralization have often been criticized as being vague, unclear and uncertain. The organizational structures are diffused and the role relationships and lines of authority are ill defined. Officials lack sufficient understanding of local government reforms and of the roles expected of councillors and the district bureaucrats
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