Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Serdar Yilmaz Author-Name: Varsha Venugopal Title: Local Government Discretion and Accountability in Ethiopia Abstract:This paper analyzes local government discretion and accountability in Ethiopia in the political, administrative, and fiscal domains. It is based on literature review and interviews of local governments and community members in four regions (Amhara, Oromiya, Tigray and Afar), nine woredas and eighteen kebeles. Keywords:Local Government, Ethiopia, Decentralization, Local Accountability Length: 29 pages Creation-Date: 2008-12-01 File-URL: http://icepp.gsu.edu/files/2015/03/ispwp0838.pdf File-Format:application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ays:ispwps:paper0838