Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

More than you can handle : decentralization and spending ability of Peruvian municipalities

Loayza, Norman V. and Rigolini, Jamele and Calvo-Gonzلlez, Oscar | 2011
  • Author(s): Loayza, Norman V. and Rigolini, Jamele and Calvo-Gonzلlez, Oscar
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, administrative reform, budgetary policy, fiscal policy, capacity building, local government, peru
The importance of factors known to affect the success of decentralization are examined, using the case of Peru. The main factor in spending ability was the adequacy of the budget with respect to local capacity, which confirms the need for both gradual decentralization and capacity building.

Decentralisation of rural water : moving towards a solution or out-sourcing the problem?

Lockwood, Harold | [2011]
  • Author(s): Lockwood, Harold
  • Publisher: Triple-s, Water services that last
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: water supply, rural areas, decentralization in government, community organization, sustainable development, africa south of sahara, latin america
This presentation gives an overview of field studies of decentralization as a key contextual issue in rural water supply in Latin America and Africa. The audio can be downloaded from http://www.watercentre.org/wash2011/resolveuid/d92b27937427be17590dc3c317e8b75d.

Municipalities in figures : needs and realities : the experiences of SNV Mali and PACT/GTZ : [case study]

Lodenstein, Elsbet and Caspari, Ulrich and Dumont, Florence | ca. 2007]
  • Author(s): Lodenstein, Elsbet and Caspari, Ulrich and Dumont, Florence
  • Publisher: Dgroups
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, evaluation, governance, capacity building, institution building, accountability, development assistance, west africa
Lessons are drawn from 11 case studies in West Africa after analysing different approaches for strengthening the capacities of local government to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of reform processes concerned with the democratic control of local governance structures.

Devolution and human resources in primary healthcare in rural Mali

Lodenstein, Elsbet and Dao, Dramane | 2011
  • Author(s): Lodenstein, Elsbet and Dao, Dramane
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, health, human resources, local government, accountability, capacity building, health care delivery, health personnel, health policy, mali
Key issues with regard to human resources in the devolution of health services are highlighted, using experiences from Mali and elsewhere. There is a need for: (1) strengthening public accountability; (2) capacity development of all actors; and (3) more attention for human resources policy.

Participants' kit : harmonisation, decentralisation and local governance : prepared on behalf of the informal Development partners working group on local governance and decentralisation (DPWG-LGD)

Loquai, Christiane | [2011]
  • Author(s): Loquai, Christiane
  • Publisher: Train4dev.net
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, training programmes, capacity building, local government, governance, development strategies, evaluation, guidelines
This training kit gives an overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge on harmonization, decentralization and local governance that are essential for understanding how local governance and decentralisation processes can be designed, supported and monitored in a harmonised manner.
 

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