Disasters and Decentralisation

Decentralisation and Local Governance

Decentralisation and Good Governance 1 . Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural

1.1. Types of decentralisation In this paper, we shall be concerned mainly with forms of decentralisation other than federalism. Decentralisation is a very general term, conventionally used to describe the extent to which the political, administrative or fiscal powers of a central government have been shared or distributed, amongst territorially defined sub-national agencies or authorities. Thi...

Decentralisation in South Africa¤

2 The complexities of decentralisation 5 2.1 Types of decentralisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Arguments for (and against) decentralisation . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2.1 Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2.2 E¢ciency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2.3 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

W8: PTSD and Disasters

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise from different traumatic incidents, such as war, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, mugging, child abuse, road accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes as well as natural disasters like earthquakes and floods. During each disaster, both victims and rescue workers are vulnerable to physical and psychological trauma that may lead to different f...

Decentralisation and Local Government Topic Guide