Decentralization And Its Impact On Health And Social Care

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1.1 Background to the Study
Globally, decentralization has shaped the contours of development thinking, administration and governance. Academics, international development agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors have place much emphasis on decentralization. Hence its potential to reduce poverty particularly in developing countries.
Decentralization is defined broadly as the transfer of authority on a geographic basis location or authority powers, people or things away from a central process of redistributing or dispersing functions whether by decongestion (i.e. delegation) of authority to field units of the same department or level of government units or special statutory bodies. It implies the delegation of power and authority from the …show more content…

The incident of poverty in most developing countries are manifested by low productivity, low per capita income, high population growths rates, unemployment and under employment, income inequalities between different social groups and poor social infrastructure among others. It has been estimated that about 35 percent of people in developing countries live below the poverty line, (Subrata 1995) and frequently seek support from the developed …show more content…

Hence District Assemblies became the local government representation of the central government. Each District has a mission to achieve. Atebubu-Amantin District Assembly (AADA) exists to formulate and implement policies directed at promoting good quality education, improving health, sanitation and sound environment and reduce poverty among its people through the judicious use of its available material and human resources. To achieve this mission therefore District Assemblies needs funds to be able to provide services and responsibilities assigned to them. National development will not be successful without genuine partnership between the central and local government. The local government was set up as part of efforts to decentralize and democratize and democratize the governance structure of the country. It has succeeded in involving a wide spectrum of the Ghanaian citizenry in governance and development at the grass root level.
The role of the District Assemblies in national development is thus not only limited to the development of infrastructure facilities but also as an important source of revenue for local governance. It is therefore imperative that more attention is focused on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District

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