The responsibility for finding a solution to the problem of the Palestinian refugees continued to devolve on the international community.

The Local Bodies Level In 2000 Pakistan embarked upon a comprehensive scheme to devolve power to the communities and to revitalize the local bodies.

The role of an effective leader is thus to build capacity and devolve responsibility and authority so that the innovation introduced can survive his or her departure.

In line with its policy of decentralization, the Government took further steps to devolve major State administrative services in the areas of education, health and agriculture to the local councils.

But if the path of war is finally taken, and, in its aftermath, the international community fails once again to pacify the world s most dysfunctional region, the Middle East would devolve into an unruly chaos far more dangerous than the threat of an Iranian bomb.

Just as financial markets seem to have calmed, European leaders have once again raised expectations of a major policy move only to see yet another summit devolve into squabbling. It is hard to imagine how Europe s policy differences can be overcome by the leaders self imposed March deadline, when the next summit will take place.

For if we keep our independent decision making part of our brains switched on, if we challenge experts, if we're skeptical, if we devolve authority, if we are rebellious, but also if we become much more comfortable with nuance, uncertainty and doubt, and if we allow our experts to express themselves using those terms too, we will set ourselves up much better for the challenges of the 21st century.