Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Enjeux et viabilité des communes rurales au Burkina Faso

Bagré, Alain S. and Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. and Baltissen, Gerard | cop. 2003
  • Author(s): Bagré, Alain S. and Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. and Baltissen, Gerard
  • Publisher: Institut royal des tropiques (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: natural resources, farming systems, decentralization in government, local government, living conditions, rural development, community participation, governance, rural areas, burkina faso, west africa
This Bulletin focuses on access to land and natural resources, particularly by groups with the least political muscle, and considers the opportunities and risks that rural decentralisation poses for management of these resources at the local level in Burkina Faso and elsewhere in West Africa.

Promise and reality of fiscal decentralization

Bahl, Roy | 2009
  • Author(s): Bahl, Roy
  • Publisher: World scientific
  • Pages: 1--26
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, budgetary policy, fiscal policy, local government, finance
This paper considers the costs and benefits of fiscal decentralization, trends in the practice of decentralizing budgets, and the policy interventions used to strengthen the financial autonomy of local government in developing countries. Subjects include local taxation and budget constraints.

Sequencing fiscal decentralization

Bahl, Roy and Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge | 2006
  • Author(s): Bahl, Roy and Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: fiscal policy, decentralization in government, local taxation, public finance, tax law, administrative reform, public administration, indonesia, india, mexico, russia, tanzania
Generally, countries do not follow the optimal sequencing for decentralization policies and implementation. The gap between theory and practice is a result of the complexity of sequencing design, which discourages fiscal planners. Proper sequencing requires discipline and vision.

West Bengal: fiscal decentralization to rural governments : analysis and reform options

Bahl, Roy and Sethi, Geeta and Wallace, Sally | 2009
  • Author(s): Bahl, Roy and Sethi, Geeta and Wallace, Sally
  • Publisher: Georgia state university. Andrew Young school of policy studies
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, fiscal policy, local government, finance, rural areas, india
A comprehensive review of rural local government finance in West Bengal, India, was conducted to be able to better integrate rural local governments into the intergovernmental fiscal framework.

Transforming bureaucracies : institutionalising participation and people centred processes in natural resource management : an annotated bibliography

Bainbridge, Vanessa | 2000- ]
  • Author(s): Bainbridge, Vanessa
  • Publisher: International institute for environment and development] (IIED) [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: popular participation, institution building, natural resources, development projects, burkina faso, india, indonesia, mexico, senegal
This guide to pre-2000 literature on organizational change and the institutionalization of participation in natural resource management served as a background for a reseach programme to scale up participatory initiatives in Burkina Faso, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal.
 

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