Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80934 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/51
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Uganda, like other African countries, has implemented reforms to decentralize political authority to local governments and reintroduce multiparty elections. This combination creates opportunities for national partisan struggles to emerge in local arenas and influence local service delivery. This study explores how partisan politics affects urban service delivery in Uganda through an examination of service provision by Kampala City Council and recent reforms to recentralize control over Kampala. I find that partisan politics undermines service delivery Kampala in several ways, including through financing, tax policy, and even direct interference in the policies and decisions made by the city council.
Subjects: 
decentralization
Africa
service delivery
multiparty elections
JEL: 
D72
H70
N47
O18
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-514-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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