Decentralization versus socio-economic development of citizens

The enhanced local self-governance of in any nation is a product of good governance accountability transparency and trust which in turn brings about the improvement in the living standard of the people. The implication of this position is that where good governance is absent accountability of governmental agencies and development in such a society is likely to be affected negatively. With the analysis of primary data this research examined the impact of local self-governance in ensuring good governance through accountability transparency and efficiency for sustainable democratization of socio-economic development of citizens. Our case study was Huye District in Rwanda.This study therefore set out to find out the impact of local governments on citizens through good governance with its pillars such as accountability transparency and efficiency.