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Current assumptions challenged by those principles, policies and practices: Experts know best. National priorities are the same, or more important than, as local priorities. Local government, NGO or citizen incompetency/corruption/incapacity. ‘Post code lottery’ the idea that decentralizing will lead to differences in service quality and a ‘lottery’ depending on where one lives. The assumption is that centralization is a guarantee of national equality and minimum standards. Decentralization seen as a risk, not an opportunity.
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