Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

The role of pregnancy outcomes in the maternal mortality rates of two areas in Matlab, Bangladesh

Rahman, Mizanur and DaVanzo, Julie and Razzaque, Abdur | 2010
  • Author(s): Rahman, Mizanur and DaVanzo, Julie and Razzaque, Abdur
  • Publisher: Guttmacher institute
  • Pages: 170--177
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal health services, maternal mortality, contraceptive usage, abortion, bangladesh
Interventions to increase contraceptive use; to reduce the incidence of induced abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth; to improve the management of such outcomes; and to strengthen antenatal care could substantially reduce maternal mortality in Bangladesh and similar countries.

Tax reform and democratic accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

Rakner, Lise and Gloppen, Siri | ca. 2003]
  • Author(s): Rakner, Lise and Gloppen, Siri
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: fiscal policy, public finance, development assistance, legislation, accountability, democracy, uganda, zambia, tanzania
The ‘governance bonus’ of tax reforms in terms of greater responsiveness in state-society relations is assessed by focusing on fiscal efficiency and transparency, democratic accountability, and external accountability towards international donors, using the cases of Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.

Our money, our responsibility : a citizens' guide to monitoring government expenditures

Ramkumar, Vivek | 2008
  • Author(s): Ramkumar, Vivek
  • Publisher: International budget project (IBP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: budgeting, popular participation, local finance, manuals
The basic ideas that civil society groups need to begin monitoring budget expenditures are provided. The overall budget process is explained, followed by a close-up look at the stages in which civil society groups can track and monitor expenditures.

The politics of poverty : elites, citizens and states : findings from ten years of DFID-funded research on governance and fragile states 2001-2010 : a synthesis paper

Ramshaw, Graeme | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Ramshaw, Graeme
  • Publisher: Department for international development (DFID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, development policy, development assistance, development research, project evaluation
This paper provides a brief overview of what different DFID funded programmes have told us about governance, fragility and conflict in the developing world. Key message is that to understand development we must understand the politics that shape it.

Vertical and horizontal decentralization and ethnic diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

Ranis, Gustav | 2012
  • Author(s): Ranis, Gustav
  • Publisher: Yale university. Economic growth center
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: community participation, governance, local government, decentralization in government, africa south of sahara
Two types of decentralization are examined in the context of the sub-Saharan reality. In vertical decentralization, the central government is the principal, the local government is the agent. In horizontal decentralization, the community is the principal, the local government is the agent.
 

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