Özet:

While the provision of local-level public services by local governments is a widespread and recognized practice worldwide, it is a new experience in Afghanistan and has no long history. In a country with a constant life safety problem, it has been unlikely for years to be able to provide local services in a healthy way to individuals. Today, though similar issues continue at the local level, the international communities have provided various aid to Afghanistan, the establishment of the Independent Local Governance Directorate in the country and the central government’s efforts in this direction, local governments still find it difficult to reach the desired level. But the subjects made in this regard are remarkable. The country’s considerable importance to the centralized management concept causes the structures operating at the local level to remain part of the central management. In this study, the institutions or units established locally in Afghanistan are primarily structurally discussed on the theoretical level. While the deficiencies arising from the legal and practical direction of the relevant institutions are identified, various recommendations are made to improve the country’s local governance understanding.

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