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The Solomon Islands: The experiment in decentralization
Author(s) -
Premdas Ralph R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230020305
Subject(s) - decentralization , plan (archaeology) , local government , public administration , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , central government , power (physics) , master plan , new guinea , order (exchange) , centralized government , political science , development plan , sociology , economics , management , geography , politics , law , engineering , ethnology , finance , linguistics , philosophy , physics , civil engineering , archaeology , quantum mechanics
The Solomon Islands became independent in 1978. Influenced by developments in neighbouring Papua New Guinea, a plan for provincial government has been introduced in order ostensibly to achieve more effective decentralization than operated through local government councils. This article describes the successive attempts at establishing local government councils and discusses the present plan for provincial government in the context of experience with local councils. The plan is seen as an attempt at returning power to the people and avoiding the development of a centralized authority serving the interests of those associated with Central government.