Transcript Souffle Model

The Soufflé Theory of Decentralization
ENDOWMENTS AND OTHER SLOWLYCHANGING FACTORS
Decentralization
Choices
POLITICAL
• Civil Liberties
• Political Rights
• Democratic Pluralistic
System
System Outcomes
System Results
Rural Impact
•Political Accountability
•Political Transparency
•Political Representation
•Increased Incomes
•Increased Productivity
FISCAL
•Fiscal Resources
•Fiscal Autonomy
•Fiscal Decision-making
•Resource Mobilization
•Resource Allocation
•Fiscal Capacity
•Responsive Services
•Effective Services
•Efficient Services
•Sustainable Services
•Increased Literacy
•Decreased Mortality
•Growth of Civil Society
•etc.
ADMINISTRATIVE
•Administrative Structures & Systems
•Participation
•Administrative Capacity
•Admin. Accountability
•Admin. Transparency
TIME
Source: Adapted from Parker, Andrew N. 1995, Decentralization: The Way Forward for Rural Development? Policy Research Working Paper 1475. The World
Bank, Washington, D.C.