in somaliland， local communities benefit from decentralization

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1、InSomaliland，LocalCommunitiesBenefitFromDecentralization　　ForFosiaAhmedIsmail，areturneetotheSomalilanddistrictofHargeisa，lifewashard.Manybasicserviceswereinadequatelydelivered，andaccesstoauthoritieswaslimitedandsometimesevenunthinkable.　　“Thelocalgovernmentresettledushere，”saidFosia.Buti

2、nfrastructureinlocaldistrictscouldnotsupportallthereturnees，andfindingawaytomakealivingwasincreasinglydifficult.　　Today，aUNjointprogrammeonLocalGovernanceandDecentralizedServiceDelivery（JPLG）isworkingtoempowerlocalauthoritiesandimproveservicedelivery，especiallytothemostvulnerablecommunit

3、ies.InHargeisa，400familieshavebenefitedfromsheltersandinfrastructuredevelopedbythelocaldistricttosupportreturnees.　　“Ourlivesaregettingbetterdaybyday，tothepointthatourchildrenarenowgoingtoschools，”Fosiasaid.　　Manycommunitymembersactivelysupportthedevelopmentofinfrastructureandsystemsthat

4、helplocalauthoritiesrespondto4whattheircommunitiesneed.Inonesuchcase，landwasdesignatedbythelocalgovernmentofHargeisaforeconomicdevelopmentandledtothecreationofacentralmarket，greatlybenefittingstreetvendorsandvegetablesellers.　　“Wehadanobligationtoaddresstheplightsofourpeopleaselectedrepr

5、esentativesatthetime，”saidHusseinMohamoudJe’er，FormerMayorofHargeisa.“WehadadutytohelpthedisplacedpeopleandtherefugeeswhohadreturnedfromDjibouti，Ethiopiaandotherplaces.Theydidnothavelandorhomes.”　　Localresidentswereemployedascasualworkersduringthemarket’sconstruction，gainingvaluableskill

6、sandasenseofownership.Thedecentralizationprocessaimstobringcitizensclosertogovernmentdecision-making，andtodirectlydealwithandholdlocalauthoritiesaccountable.　　ShuunJirdeCali，chairpersonforvegetablesellersinHargeisa，hasalsoexperiencedthebenefitsoflocalgovernmentworkingcloserwithitscommuni

7、ties.　　“Thepersonwhocollectstaxesfromme，IknowthemandIcaneasilygettotheiroffice，”shesaid.“Whenwehavegrievancestobeaddressed，wecannotaccessthehigherauthorities，soit’sthispersonthatcanservemebest.”　　InSomaliland，theconstitutionadoptedin2001laysdownthe4legalframeworkfordecent