Various Issues on DecentralizationProfitting from Globalization
Decentralization Over the past two decades, decentralization --the transfer of political, fiscal and administrative powers to subnational governments-- has emerged as one of the most important trends in development policy. Decentralization is a global and regional phenomenon, and most developing and transitional countries have experimented with it to varying degrees. Centralization vs Decentralization The concepts of centralization and decentralization are important ones to consider as they ultimately affect the effectiveness of schools in educating the children of a nation. Centralization refers to the condition whereby the administrative authority for education is vested, not in the local community, but in a central body. This central body has complete power over all resources: money, information, people, technology.