Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre and Abdoulkader, Aghai | 2010
- Author(s): Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre and Abdoulkader, Aghai
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: public services, civil society, local government, governance, development policy, community participation, niger
This paper explores the provision of public goods in Niger which often involves complex forms of co-production with several actors contributing within a variety of different delivery configurations. It suggests the importance of formal or informal coordination mechanisms.
Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre and Appleyard, Paul | 2009
- Author(s): Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre and Appleyard, Paul
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, community participation, west africa
Several meanings of the term governance are discussed before an own definition is given. A comparative analysis is made of different modes of local governance in Francophone West Africa, e.g. chiefly, associational, communal, state, project based, patronage based, religious and business.
Olken, Benjamin Aaron and Singhal, Monica | 2011
- Author(s): Olken, Benjamin Aaron and Singhal, Monica
- Publisher: Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT). Department of economics]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, local taxation, informal sector, infrastructure, public services
The magnitude, distributional implications, and forms of informal taxation for the construction and maintenance of local public goods is estimated, using anecdotal evidence from 10 developing countries. An example is labour \"payment\" for rural road construction.
Olowu, Bamidele | 2001
- Author(s): Olowu, Bamidele
- Publisher: Institute of social studies
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, democracy, development policy, structural adjustment, colonialism, africa
The dilemmas of recent decentralization policies and programmes in Africa are highlighted and the main features of African decentralization practices from colonial times to the 1980s and beyond are identified.
Olowu, Dele | cop. 2006
- Author(s): Olowu, Dele
- Publisher: Indiana university]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, governance, development banks, development strategies, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara
This paper sets out the rationale for the interest of a regional development bank in engaging its member countries more systematically in the area of decentralized governance as part of an overall reform agenda.