Overview of the Decentralisation Process in Latin America

Desk Study prepared for the Regional EU Seminar on Decentralisation and Local Governance in Latin and Central America (10-14 June – Quito, Ecuador).

This desk study has been elaborated in preparation for a series of seminars with key stakeholders from the European Commission and external experts on the challenges related to deepening decentralization and local governance reforms in Latin America in June 2013. The document does not pretend to present an exhaustive state of the art of decentralisation processes across the region but rather to highlight key features, trends as well as new windows of opportunities to use decentralisation as an instrument to foster better development and governance outcomes.