The following article has been retracted from publication in the Journal of Education Policy:
Osei, G., and C. Brock. 2006. Decentralisation in education, institutional culture and teacher autonomy in Ghana. Journal of Education Policy 21, no. 4: 437–58.
(DOI: 10.1080/02680930600731880)
This article substantially reproduced the content of two original articles published in Compare: A journal of comparative education:
Rose, P. 2005. Privatisation and decentralisation of schooling in Malawi: default or design? Compare: A journal of comparative education 35, no. 2: 153–65.
(DOI: 10.1080/03057920500129890)
Pryor, J. 2005. Can community participation mobilise social capital for improvement of rural schooling? A case study from Ghana. Compare: A journal of comparative education 35, no. 2: 193–203.
(DOI: 10.1080/03057920500129882)
The Journal of Education Policy published this article in good faith and the Editors and publishers welcome this opportunity to acknowledge and reinstate the rights of the original authors and the copyright of the original publications, the British Association for International and Comparative Education.