Democratic Zimbabwe

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Democratic Zimbabwe. Style of Democracy. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have adopted constitutions which legislate different forms of decentralization for their governance structures and systems. This currency and desirability for decentralization is built on a consensus of African governments, international development agencies and civil society organizations that see it as a democratic system of government which advances citizen participation in human development. This consensus further sees decentralization as a key for local democratization in Africa since it brings a locally responsive government closer to the people and makes government more accountable to local people. Although there are four main forms of decentralization, namely, administrative, political, fiscal and market, many African governments have chosen to implement political decentralization (devolution) and administrative decentralization (deconcentration) with those running devolved systems of government being seen and acclaimed as more democratic