Konrad Adenaur Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation, thinks decentralization alone does not lead to more democracy, but it can promote the democratization process. In the report “Good Governance Begins with the Individual” (2012), KAS impressively demonstrates examples of individual projects which have been very successful in different countries.

KAS mentioned that, in spite of the tremendous commitment of the donors, decentralization and local self-governance have not so far achieved the success at the international level that was hoped in the 1990’s. The many sobering results of the promotion of decentralization and local self-governance due to above all, a lack of political will. GIGA institute’s study in 2009 points out that when decentralization is regarded as a technical challenge, it frequently fails due to the resistance of political elites. According to KAS, many donors had focused too much on administrative or technical details and had not sufficiently taken…