-Working on functional assignments to district - Confusion over service delivery functions based on capacity assessments between central ministries and local districts -Well developed sector assessment studies for -Local elections not accomplished decentralization -District boundaries not defined and subject to -Districts classification based on population and political manipulation other criteria -Census not completed and no civil registry for -Plans to define district boundaries in next year most of population -Development of local government association to -Service delivery to nomadic populations represent interest of local governments in extremely difficult decentralization process - No clear definition of functional assignments -Limited use of borrowing from Central Bank to - Need more inclusion of local districts and local governments with approval of Ministry of citizens in defining decentralization goals and Finance purposes -Transfer of staffing from central ministries to local districts not defined -No strategy for scaling up decentralization to all districts Opportunities Threats - Central ministries and other government Define District Boundaries agencies unwilling to decentralization functions Hold Local Council Elections and transfer funds. Clarify central versus district functional -there is no clear defined roles and responsibilities assignments of tariff in both CG and LG Need to define regional level functions and -Potential for political instability and conflict responsibilities -Reluctance of personnel to transfer to district Complete census of population administrations Potential for increased revenue sharing from -Wide disparity in salaries and benefits across central to districts districts that cannot be equalized Need for additional legal framework for decentralized system in areas of expenditure and revenue assignments, and transfers based on criteria -Potential to improve revenue sources and collection capacity at District A levels, limited capacity at levels B and C.
-Working on functional assignments to district based on capacity assessments -Well developed sector assessment studies for decentralization -Districts classification based on population and other criteria -Plans to define district boundaries in next year -Development of local government association to represent interest of local governments in decentralization process -Limited use of borrowing from Central Bank to local governments with approval of Ministry of Finance - Confusion over service delivery functions between central ministries and local districts -Local elections not accomplished -District boundaries not defined and subject to political manipulation -Census not completed and no civil registry for most of population -Service delivery to nomadic populations extremely difficult - No clear definition of functional assignments - Need more inclusion of local districts and citizens in defining decentralization goals and purposes -Transfer of staffing from central ministries to local districts not defined -No strategy for scaling up decentralization to all districts Opportunities Threats Define District Boundaries Hold Local Council Elections Clarify central versus district functional assignments Need to define regional level functions and responsibilities Complete census of population Potential for increased revenue sharing from central to districts Need for additional legal framework for decentralized system in areas of expenditure and revenue assignments, and transfers based on criteria -Potential to improve revenue sources and collection capacity at District A levels, limited capacity at levels B and C. - Central ministries and other government agencies unwilling to decentralization functions and transfer funds. -there is no clear defined roles and responsibilities of tariff in both CG and LG -Potential for political instability and conflict -Reluctance of personnel to transfer to district administrations -Wide disparity in salaries and benefits across districts that cannot be equalized
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