Subject(s): Decentralization -- Community development -- Decentralization - Global and regional scenario -- Decentralization and dynamics of institutions : Institutional reforms for panchaytai raj - linking cooperatives with local governments, institutional dimensions and deficiencies, proliferation and interface of institutions under decentralized planning -- Decentralization, inclusion and participatory justice : Towards an artisan plan, participatory justice and huma rights protection in little democracies -- Decentralization, transparency and social development : Accountability and transperancy in decentralization in Kerala, local self governments and educational development in Kerala