Whole Foods Market Inc., which has long given its local managers and regional bosses broad discretion over everything from buying cheese to store design, is whittling away at some of that autonomy to ...

As Vedi Hadiz has noted, decentralization has produced local oligarchies, new centers of power growing from old patronage networks.

Pan-Yoruba socio-political groups have renewed the Southwest’s agitation for autonomy within the Nigerian federation. Deputy Political Editor RAYMOND MORDI, who witnesed the launch of the coalition’s ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government’s move to cut fund transfers to regional governments threatens fiscal decentralization and regional autonomy, risking even greater inequality. FISCAL ...

In talks to frame an Iraqi constitution, a top Shiite political leader calls for autonomy for the Shiite-dominated region of southern Iraq. In the north, Kurdish leaders made similar demands. Iraq's ...

I. A Unified Multi-Ethnic State, and Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities II. The Political Status of Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities and the Establishment of Ethnic Autonomous Areas III.

The Gozo Business Chamber's recent call for regional autonomy enshrined in Malta's constitution has reignited a long-standing debate about Gozo's governance. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the ...

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The People's Republic of China is a united multi-ethnic country.So far, 56 ethnic groups have been identified and recognized by the central government. The population of various ethnic groups differs ...