Download or read book Decentralization on the Example of the Yemeni Water Sector written by Katharina Mewes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decentralization is widely discussed in the literature. Katharina Mewes gives an introduction to the theoretical and practical dimensions of decentralization in an accessible and systematic way. On the example of the reform process for the Yemeni Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS) sector, she links the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological aspects of decentralization to empiric problems. This book is valuable reading for researchers and students of political science, environmental and water studies, development researchers and regional experts.