Decentralisation and Regional Development: Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades - Tapa blanda

Editorial.- Preface.- Theoretical reflections on Ghana's decentralisation: Increasing discretional funding through the District Development Facility.- Decentralisation and local economic development promotion at the district level in Ghana.- Levelling the gradients - planning for equivalent standards of living, the German experience.- Decentralisation in the German context: An assessment of governance actors and approaches from below.- Decentralisation and urban governance: Trends and lessons from cities in Tanzania.- Decentralisation of municipal servicing in Tanzania: Opportunities and challenges.- Analysis and lessons from decentralisation and its implications to local environmental planning and management in the Philippines.- Assessing the effectiveness of the decentralisation policy on disaster risk reduction and management: The case of Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines.- Smarter money for smarter cities: How regional currencies can help to promote a decentralised and sustainable regional development.