Local Voices, Local Solutions: Reassessing Poverty Reduction by District Assemblies in Ghana critically examines the effectiveness of decentralised poverty reduction strategies, using the Savelugu-Nanton Municipal Assembly (SNMA) as a case study. Anchored in the paradigms of endogenous development, participatory governance, and self-reliance, the book draws on rich empirical data, including interviews, focus group discussions, and documentary analysis, to foreground the perspectives of beneficiaries. It reveals that while infrastructure and social protection interventions have yielded modest improvements in education, health, and livelihoods, their overall impact has been constrained by limited fiscal autonomy, weak planning systems, and tokenistic community participation. The study highlights the persistent structural and spatial inequalities that shape poverty in northern Ghana, exposing the limitations of top-down, technocratic planning. The book offers practical frameworks and policy lessons for enhancing local governance, integrating indigenous knowledge, and deepening citizen agency. Ultimately, it makes a compelling case for reimagining development not as a delivery mechanism but as a co-creative, locally grounded process driven by the people it seeks to serve.
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- Hakim Abdallah (Author), 2025, Local Voices, Local Solutions, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1588129
