Lind, Jeremy and Cappon, Jan | 2001
- Author(s): Lind, Jeremy and Cappon, Jan
- Publisher: ACTS press
- Pages: --
- Keywords: natural resources, natural resources development, resources conservation, decentralization in government, local government, community participation, institution building, sustainable development, natural resources policy, environmental management, uganda, zambia
The reasoning underlying decentralization reforms for natural resource management in east and southern Africa is analysed, using cases from Uganda and Zambia. There may be better ways for establishing local environmental management.
Linder, Wolf | [2010]
- Author(s): Linder, Wolf
- Publisher: Oxford university press
- Pages: 1--30
- Keywords: democracy, public services, fiscal policy, local government, municipal government, decentralization in government, mozambique
Three features of decentralization proposed by institutional development theory are analysed for Mozambique’s Autarquias, politically autonomous municipalities since 1997: (1) consolidation of the fiscal state; (2) democracy; and (3) the development of service quality in the local administration.
Liou, Kuotsai Tom | 2007
- Author(s): Liou, Kuotsai Tom
- Publisher: Southern public administration education foundation (SPAEF)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, governance, economic development, political aspects, accountability
This paper applies the concept of good governance concept to the area of local economic development. Challenge pertain to the following issues: (1) the limitation of managerial capacity; (2) the lack of accountability; and (3) the inconsistence of leadership and policy.
Lister, Sarah | 2007
- Author(s): Lister, Sarah
- Publisher: [London school of economics and political science] (LSE). Development studies institute (DESTIN). Crisis states research centre (CSRC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, nation building, institution building, development assistance, afghanistan
This paper looks at how a neglect of certain types of interventions contributed to the failure of both local government reform and the wider state-building agenda in Afghanistan.
Lister, Sarah and Sadasivam, Bharati | 2010
- Author(s): Lister, Sarah and Sadasivam, Bharati
- Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: institution building, popular participation, elections, democracy, corrupt practices, governance, local government, public administration, accountability, mongolia, yemen, kenya, benin, rwanda, philippines, albania
This note provides an overview of the principles of social accountability and provides guidance on how to incorporate the practice of social accountability into programming, illustrated by examples of how it is currently being operationalized in many contexts in different regions.