THE BMZ ACADEMY
THE BMZ ACADEMY
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3
Conceptualising Development Planning in a Political Economy Context.................... 3
Reassessing Centralised Development Planning: Power, Coordination, and
Redistribution ............................................................................................................. 4
The Strategic Role of the Central State ...................................................................... 4
The Limits of Centralised Authority ............................................................................ 4
Decentralised Development Planning: Participation, Power, and Paradox ................ 5
The Democratic Promise of Decentralisation ............................................................. 5
The Governance Paradox of Decentralisation ............................................................ 6
Empirical Synthesis: Lessons from the Global South ................................................. 6
Towards an Integrated Development Planning Paradigm .......................................... 7
Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 7
References ................................................................................................................. 9
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THE BMZ ACADEMY
053 8213
BMZ ACADEMY 061 262 1185/068 053 8213Page 1 of 11
, THE BMZ ACADEMY
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3
Conceptualising Development Planning in a Political Economy Context.................... 3
Reassessing Centralised Development Planning: Power, Coordination, and
Redistribution ............................................................................................................. 4
The Strategic Role of the Central State ...................................................................... 4
The Limits of Centralised Authority ............................................................................ 4
Decentralised Development Planning: Participation, Power, and Paradox ................ 5
The Democratic Promise of Decentralisation ............................................................. 5
The Governance Paradox of Decentralisation ............................................................ 6
Empirical Synthesis: Lessons from the Global South ................................................. 6
Towards an Integrated Development Planning Paradigm .......................................... 7
Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 7
References ................................................................................................................. 9
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