Decentralization, competence, local development, Constitution
Decentralization, competence, local development, Constitution
The decentralization is understood as the transference of the abilities and public authorities among central agencies and peripheral agencies of a local society. The 2006 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Congo has established the decentralization model as a form of political and administrative organization in which local societies have a key role in the territorial administration. The choice of the constituent to follow the path of decentralization as a model of management had as main objective to ensure a local development (MELMOTH, 2007). The embedded idea is with a bigger political independence and a bigger independence of resources administration, the provinces and the decentralized territorial entities would improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of supply and financing of public goods and services. However, this reform is subject to several difficulties of political and financial order. Thus, the general objective to be studied in this work will be to evaluate the financial viability of this institutional reform, describing and analyzing all the intern and extern factors that would limit its success. To reach this objective, a bibliographical survey will be made from published material as academic thesis and dissertation, articles and books. In addition of examining the economic and financial potentialities of a set of provinces and making a comparative analysis among them, an empirical study will be done in which we will analyze data from the Congolese Central Bank, the Congolese Ministry of Finance, the Congolese General Agency of Taxes (DGI), the World Bank, etc.