McGill, Ronald | 2010
- Author(s): McGill, Ronald
- Publisher: University of technology Sydney (UTS)]
- Pages: 90--106
- Keywords: local government, capacity building, public services, infrastructure, institution building, africa south of sahara
This paper looks at the practitioner’s challenge of building capacity for local government to perform. Five elements that constitute this challenge are identified. They represent the building blocks for local government’s successful performance.
McIntyre, Peter | 2006
- Author(s): McIntyre, Peter
- Publisher: IRC international water and sanitation centre
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, basic services, sanitation, water supply, capacity building
This briefing note looks at ways that decentralized bodies can be strengthened to carry out their new functions better, so that people gain access to safe water and sanitation services.
McLaren, Robin | cop. 2012
- Author(s): McLaren, Robin
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information technology, community participation, slums, land tenure, public administration, land rights
This paper shows how crowdsourcing can solve the security of tenure gap in slums and other social tenure systems through establishing a partnership between land professionals and citizens that would encourage and support citizens to directly capture and maintain information about their land rights.
McLaren, Robin A. and Stanley, Victoria | cop. 2011]
- Author(s): McLaren, Robin A. and Stanley, Victoria
- Publisher: World bank. Agricultural and rural development (ARD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: land use, land reform, internet, geographic information systems, communication technology, information technology, public administration, land rights
The three core ICT technologies for land - the Internet, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), and geographic information systems (GIS) -are converging and creating huge opportunities for land management, land reform, and land markets, and land use.
Mcloughlin, Claire and Brinkerhoff, Derick | 2008
- Author(s): Mcloughlin, Claire and Brinkerhoff, Derick
- Publisher: University of Birmingham]. Governance and social development resource centre (GSDRC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, conflict, local government, basic services, social justice
There is disagreement about whether decentralization should be pursued in fragile or post-conflict environments. Many argue that strengthening sub-national governance is vital for delivering basic services, whereas others are skeptical as to whether decentralisation can produce pro-poor outcomes.