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The chapters of this volume represent a significant output of the Strategies
and Analysis for Growth and Access (SAGA) project, a USAID-funded cooperative
agreement directed by Cornell and Clark Atlanta Universities. SAGA
brings together policy makers, researchers and other experts with an interest in
African development. SAGA’s goals are to conduct high-quality, policy- relevant
research, and to increase African capacity to produce such research on key
issues affecting economic growth and welfare in Africa. While SAGA’s geographical
coverage spans several countries in western, southern and eastern
Africa and its research cuts across issues of health, education, vulnerability
and empowerment, this book highlights the insights generated from research
carried out by a range of collaborators in Kenya. Specifically, this volume collects
research looking into the effect that decentralization, in its various forms,
plays in stimulating rural development, empowering individuals and groups,
and improving rural well-being. The institutional correlates of successful and
unsuccessful decentralization efforts are also studied.
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