Provincial and local government reform in Zimbabwe

Introduction; Designing a multi-level system of government for development, democracy and peace; Political autonomy; Fiscal and budget autonomy; Administrative autonomy; Supervision; Intergovernmental cooperation; The Zimbabwean decentralised system of government: a historical perspective; General overview of Zimbabwe; Pre-colonial system of government; Colonial system of government; The system of local government in the independence era; The nature of multi-level system of government under the 2013 Constitution; Establishment of provinces and local authorities; Provinces; Local authorities; Change of local authority status; Legal nature of provincial and metropolitan councils and local authorities; Governance structures; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Local authorities; Administrative structures of local authorities; The institution of traditional leadership; Powers and functions; Division of responsibilities across the three tiers of government; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Powers and functions of local authorities; Administrative authority of local authorities; Finance; Provincial and metropolitan councils; Local authorities; Intergovernmental grants; Supervision; Changed nature of the system of government and supervision; Supervisors; Regulation; Monitoring; Support; Intergovernmental Relations; Defining intergovernmental relations and cooperation; Background to intergovernmental relations and cooperative governance in Zimbabwe; Constitutional framework; Institutions established to foster coherent governance; Intergovernmental planning; Towards an intergovernmental relations framework for Zimbabwe; Conclusion; What is the potential of Zimbabwe’s multi-level system of government?; The strengths and weaknesses of the multi-level system of government; Towards establishing an effective system of multi-level government.