Devolution has worked in other countries

It has been widely and wildly postulated that devolution of power is divisive, unviable economically and impractical in small countries. In this instalment I would like to argue that devolution of power is a system of government which has been implemented successfully in African, European and Asian countries both big and small with tremendous economic as well as developmental dividends.

Perhaps it would be helpful to define devolution and differentiate it from other systems of governance.

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