What explains contemporary variations in African legislative institutions-including their
strengths and weaknesses? Compared with the more powerful executive branches …

To identify what is needed to sustain local democracy we need a model of democratic
government and an idea of the kind of social and economic context that is supportive of …

Over the past few decades, the developing world has seen unprecendented urban growth
and urban areas have had to deal with a number of complex problems as a result. While …

Decentralisation as a policy or practice has received much attention in recent years as it
centres around one of the most crucial and recurring debates in the developing world about …

This thesis analyses the nature of the constraints that have made it difficult for district
councils in Zambia to play any significant role in the development process at local level …

Zambia gained independence from Britain in 1964. From 1964, to December 1972, Zambia
followed a multiparty system of government. This period came to be known as the First …

This thesis traces the development of land and housing markets in an informal settlement,
Kanyama, in Zambia to determine the institutional structure that characterises their …

Since the early 1990s, the majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa have undertaken
political liberalization, and most have held at least one round of multiparty elections. Despite …

This paper focuses on two specific social funds, those in Zambia and Malawi, to consider the
possible contribution of social funds to decentralisation of government administration. Both …