Johnson, Craig and Deshingkar, Priya and Start, Daniel | 2003
- Author(s): Johnson, Craig and Deshingkar, Priya and Start, Daniel
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, poverty alleviation, local government, panchayat, governance, andhra pradesh, madhya pradesh, india
This report shows that although the Government of Andhra Pradesh has not devolved power to the same extent, its populist approach to certain forms of poverty reduction has empowered the poor in ways that the more ambitious decentralization agenda in Madhya Pradesh has not.
Johnsّn, Jesper | 2012
- Author(s): Johnsّn, Jesper
- Publisher: Chr. Michelsen institute (CMI). U4 Anti-corruption resource centre
- Pages: --
- Keywords: guidelines, corrupt practices, civil society, administrative reform
A theory of change methodology is proposed as a valuable tool for designing, implementing, and evaluating anti-corruption reforms. General and sector-specific guidance is provided based on case studies in three areas: anti-corruption authorities, civil society work, and public sector reforms.
Joseph, Louknaan | 2010
- Author(s): Joseph, Louknaan
- Publisher: Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology (KNUST)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, public services, enterprise development, small enterprises, ghana
The performance of local government institutions in the delivery of services in support of Micro and Small Scale Industries development is examined. The focus is on small-scale industries engaged in bakery, pito brewing, batik tie and dye, weaving, blacksmithing, soap making, and oil extraction.
Jupp, Dee and Ali, Sohel Ibn and Barahona, Carlos | 2010
- Author(s): Jupp, Dee and Ali, Sohel Ibn and Barahona, Carlos
- Publisher: Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: empowerment, popular participation, evaluation, bangladesh
This paper presents the experience of a social movement in Bangladesh, which found a way to measure empowerment by letting the members themselves explain what benefits they acquired from involvement and by developing a means to measure change over time.
Jütting, Johannes | 2004
- Author(s): Jütting, Johannes
- Publisher: [Organisation for economic co-operation and development] (OECD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, poverty alleviation, development policy, economic aspects, africa, asia, latin america
There is no unambiguous link between decentralization and poverty reduction, but the poverty impact of decentralization would appear to depend less on the physical country setting than on the capacity and willingness of policy makers to ensure a pro-poor devolution process.