Table of Contents:
  • The Bolivian decentralization reform
  • Local government at the extremes: Viacha
  • Local government at the extremes: Charagua
  • Decentralization and responsiveness across Bolivia: a 21-year view
  • The state of knowledge on decentralization
  • Governance from below: theory
  • Governance from below: evidence
  • Return to the extremes
  • Conclusion.