Purdon, Mark | 2012
- Author(s): Purdon, Mark
- Publisher: World bank]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: compensation, small farms, land use, sustainable development, foreign investments, land acquisition, tanzania
This analysis of large-scale land acquisitions in Tanzania shows that much of the controversy involves issues of weak sustainability - particularly levels of compensation to local villagers - rather than issues of strong sustainability such as food security, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Qian, Haiyan | 2010
- Author(s): Qian, Haiyan
- Publisher: United nations (UN). Department of economic and social affairs (DESA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: governance, democracy, internet, development strategies, popular participation
This edition makes the case that e-government should play an ever greater role in development. However, e-participation has so far not been nearly as successful as participatory budgeting. The global South is still lagging in implementation and infrastructure.
Quin, Andrew and Balfors, Berit and Kjellén, Marianne | 2011
- Author(s): Quin, Andrew and Balfors, Berit and Kjellén, Marianne
- Publisher: Blackwell]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, water supply, local government, public services, capacity building, political aspects, rural areas, uganda
The decentralized rural water supply programme of Uganda is described and two key issues are highlighted: local political interference and the weak capacity of local governments. The establishment of eight regional units that provide support to local governments seems very promising.
Raabe, Katharina and Sekher, Madhushree and Birner, Regina | 2009
- Author(s): Raabe, Katharina and Sekher, Madhushree and Birner, Regina
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, affirmative action programmes, political representation, public services, local government, women in politics, rural areas, india, karnataka
Evidence from India is used to qualify & quantify the role of political reservation policies for women as a determinant of rural service provision and local governance and to identify factors that constrain effective local governance & rural service provision beyond the women’s reservation effect.
Raghunandan, T.R. | 2007]
- Author(s): Raghunandan, T.R.
- Publisher: Oxford university press
- Pages: 28--46
- Keywords: decentralization in government, infrastructure, development policy, local government, finance, sustainable development, india
Important shortcomings of the institutional and funding approach to local rural infrastructural development in India, particularly when seen from the perspective of the panchayats, have come to light. This chapter lays down suggestions on constructing better frameworks for reform.