No further developments observed.

No further developments observed.

Djibouti’s National Assembly, on 7 July 2002 passed the Decentralization and Status of the Regions (Act No. 174/AN/02/4ème L), which created five regional local authorities known as: Regions Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Obock and Tadjoura equipped with legal personality under public law and financial autonomy. The decentralization law also made provisions for the establishment and organization of Commons.¹

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

With the election of a new President, a Ministry for Decentralization was set up and charged with implementing the decentralization provision. Detailed proposals for inter-departmental cooperation were set up and new regions were to be established.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

After signing the peace agreement in December 1994, the Djibouti government initiated a fiscal decentralization planning process in October 1995. The fiscal component of decentralization was intended to increase development and public services.[fn]”Republic of Djibouti Public Administration Country Profile,” UNDP Programme on Governance in teh Arab Region (POGAR), 2005, accessed September 23, 2010, http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan023257.pdf…