Acknowledgements
The co-editors and authors of this volume gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) for the production of this issue of the IDS Bulletin and for funding the research on which Ojebode et al., Alemu, Doh, Kilonzo et al., and Maractho are based.

About PASGR
The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan, pan-African not-for-profit organisation established in 2011 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently engaged in more than 15 African countries, PASGR works to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall well-being of citizens. In partnership with individual academics and researchers, higher education institutions, research think tanks, civil society organisations, governments as well as business and policy communities both in the region and internationally, PASGR supports the production and dissemination of policy relevant research; designs and delivers suites of short professional development courses for researchers and policy actors; and facilitates the development of collaborative higher education programmes. PASGR envisions 'a vibrant African social science community addressing the continent's public policy issues'. PASGR's work is organized around three programmes: Higher Education, Research, and Professional Development and Training. The Professional Development and Training Programme enhances individual and institutional research capacity and the utilization of social and policy research. It works with partners to design and deliver high quality, experiential professional training that builds policy actors' and researchers' skills and competencies; deepen delivery partners' institutional capacity to design, deliver and accredit distinctive professional development courses; and, innovate in design and content to enrich participants' learning experience, and maximise impact and reach.

Vol. 48 No. 2 March 2017: 'Interrogating Decentralisation in Africa' DOI: 10.19088/1968-2017.110