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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，F(xiàn)ormerMayorofHargeisa.“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
