The politics of decentralisation and donor funding in South Africa’s rural water sector

Abstract: This study of the impact of donors on decentralization in South Africa shows that decentralization has taken a state-centric form. Western donors failed to promote a more inclusive community-oriented form of decentralization.

Author(s): Galvin, Mary; Habib, Adam

Source(s): , Journal of Southern African studies; vol. 29, no. 4 p. 865-884 Journal of Southern African studies vol. 29, no. 4

Published: 2003 Carfax, Basingstoke [etc.] (English

ISBN/ISSN: /0305-7070

Link: http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Rural-water-politics.pdf

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