Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Understanding decentralized forest governance : an application of the institutional analysis and development framework

Andersson, Krister | 2006
  • Author(s): Andersson, Krister
  • Publisher: ProQuest
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, governance, forest resources, decentralization in government, institutional infrastructure, information exchange, bolivia
Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework is used to evaluate local institutional strategies associated with sustainable forest governance. Case studies from Bolivia suggest that local governance systems perform better under favorable conditions for information exchange and learning.

Inequalities, institutions, and forest outcomes : paper submitted to Global environmental change

Andersson, Krister and Agrawal, Arun | 2010
  • Author(s): Andersson, Krister and Agrawal, Arun
  • Publisher: University of Colorado]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, forest management, community organization, institution building, social justice, bolivia, india, kenya, mexico, nepal, uganda
Analysis of 228 forest commons cases from South Asia (India and Nepal), East Africa (Kenya and Uganda) and Latin America (Mexico and Bolivia) suggests that local governance institutions for collective action may dampen the negative effect of inter-group inequality on forest outcomes.

Who talks with whom? : the role of repeated interactions in decentralized forest governance

Andersson, Krister P. | 2004
  • Author(s): Andersson, Krister P.
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 233--249
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, decision-making, public administration, forest management, bolivia
This article suggests that efforts to study decentralization outcomes would benefit from widening the unit of analysis from the local government administration to the local governance system.

Decentralization reforms : help or hindrance to forest conservation?

Andersson, Krister P. and Gibson, Clark C. | 2004
  • Author(s): Andersson, Krister P. and Gibson, Clark C.
  • Publisher: Indiana university. Digital library of the commons (DLC)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, forest management, resources conservation, bolivia
The paper argues that even in instances where local governments effectively carry out their decentralized mandate it is unreasonable to expect that decentralization will lead to conservation of all forests, all the time.

Popular participation in Bolivia : does the law \"participaciŮŽn popular\" secure participation of the rural Bolivian population?

Andersson, Vibeke | 1999
  • Author(s): Andersson, Vibeke
  • Publisher: Centre for development studies
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, municipal government, rural areas, political participation, popular participation, political conditions, political power, political ethics, bolivia
The Bolivian law on popular participation of 1995 gave only mixed results in the first 5 years. The power-holding structures at the local level still are occupied by the political parties.
 

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