Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Decentralisation is recognized as one of the most significant governance reforms in the past five decades, involving the transfer of powers, responsibilities, and resources from central governments to elected subnational authorities.
Along with devolving authority, decentralisation often enhances subnational governance through inter-municipal cooperation, metropolitan governance, and regionalisation.
This process covers three interrelated dimensions: political, administrative, and fiscal decentralisation. Balancing and sequencing these dimensions presents significant challenges in reform design and implementation.