. 2002 International Conference on Education and Decentralisation African Experiences and Analyses 10–14 June 2002 Johannesburg Gauteng Department of Education (Johannesburg) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Paris) Institut français d’Afrique du Sud (Johannesburg) International Institute of Education Planning (Paris) School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) Education Policy Unit (Natal) (Durban) Centre for Education Policy Development (Johannesburg) With the financial support of the Gauteng Department of Education (Johannesburg), IRD (Paris), IFAS (Johannesburg), National Research Foundation (Pretoria), Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie (Paris), Bureau de coopération éducative, French Embassy (Pretoria)