Financing Local Development Projects through Decentralized Cooperation in Yopougon (Cote d’Ivoire)
- 1 Peleforo Gon Coulibaly University, Korhogo, Cote d’Ivoire
Abstract
Between 2000 and 2011, the military-political and civil crises undermined the implementation of various local development projects in C?te d ’ Ivoire. After crises, funding difficulties became even more acute. Decentralized communities, which have already been faced with shrinking budgets since 1980, are struggling to meet the needs expressed by local people. Faced with such a reality, decentralized cooperation would seem to be an effective and appropriate approach. However, this approach remains unknown and unexplored by the majority of elected officials in C ? te d’Ivoire. The objective of the article is to show that in the Abidjan District Municipality of Yopougon, decentralized cooperation has made it possible to finance and implement development projects at the local level.
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