TY - GEN AU - Persaud, Patricia, ed. AU - Cramer, Winston, comp. ED - Decentralization and Local Government in the Caribbean ED - TI - Decentralization and local government in the Caribbean SN - 976-8173-81-5 PB - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs KW - LOCAL GOVERNMENT KW - DECENTRALIZATION KW - FINANCIAL RESOURCES KW - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT KW - CARIBBEAN KW - HUMAN RESOURCES KW - CAPACITY BUILDING N1 - Centre has two copies N2 - Discusses the importance and significance of human and financial resources as vital building blocks for a viable local government decentralized system. It examines the critical role of adequate human resources and related issues with regard to human resource development and advocates a financial framework within which a local government system must operate and through which it must be provided with the requisite financial resources to carry out its mandate. Covers adequacy of financial resources, financial management capacity, accountability, transparency and ethics. ER -