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Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development in Ghana

In: Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development

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  • Samuel Adu-Gyamfi

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Ali Yakubu Nyaaba

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Eugenia Anderson

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

This chapter draws from archival sources, published compendium of secondary literature and on historiographical technique, based on the central theme of continuity and change, to discuss how local governance has ensured community development. The lessons teased out from this discourse would have the propensity to shape the future. The narratives that follow have been categorized into themes including pre-colonial local government perspectives on Asante, Local Government in the colonial era, and then local government under Rawlings’ PNDC in the 1980s and the fourth republic, before finally examining the achievements and challenges of Ghana’s local government within the period with lessons for the future.

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  • Samuel Adu-Gyamfi & Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei & Ali Yakubu Nyaaba & Eugenia Anderson, 2022. "Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development in Ghana," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei & Samuel Adu-Gyamfi (ed.), Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development, pages 21-42, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-031-12378-8_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_2
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