Ribot, Jesse Craig | 2002
- Author(s): Ribot, Jesse Craig
- Publisher: United nations research institute for social development (UNRISD) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, political participation, democracy, empowerment, africa
In Africa, decentralization is not implemented in ways necessary to realize the benefits that theory predicts, because it fails to entrust downwardly accountable representative actors with significant domains of autonomous discretionary power.
Ribot, Jesse C. and Agrawal, Arun and Larson, Anne M. | 2006
- Author(s): Ribot, Jesse C. and Agrawal, Arun and Larson, Anne M.
- Publisher:
- Pages: 1864--1886
- Keywords: social justice, decision-making, environmental management, natural resources, decentralization in government, uganda, senegal, nepal, nicaragua, indonesia, bolivia
Decentralization initiatives worldwide rarely achieve their purported efficiency and equity benefits. This paper shows how central governments in six countries use a variety of strategies to obstruct the democratic decentralization of resource management and, hence, retain central control.
Ribot, Jesse C. and Chhatre, Ashwini and Lankina, Tomila V. | 2008
- Author(s): Ribot, Jesse C. and Chhatre, Ashwini and Lankina, Tomila V.
- Publisher: World resources institute. Institutions and governance program
- Pages: --
- Keywords: nongovernmental organizations, development projects, public administration, decision-making, democracy, community participation, decentralization in government, south africa, malawi, indonesia, india, guatemala, brazil, benin
Case studies from around the world are used to explore the effects of institutional choices and recognition by governments, development agencies and large NGOs on three dimensions of democracy: 1) representation, 2) citizenship, and 3) the public domain.
Ribot, Jesse C. and Chhatre, Ashwini and Lankina, Tomila V. | 2008
- Author(s): Ribot, Jesse C. and Chhatre, Ashwini and Lankina, Tomila V.
- Publisher: Medknow]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, governance, development assistance, nongovernmental organizations, benin, guatemala, india, malawi, senegal, south africa
Following decentralization reforms, governments, international development agencies and large non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been transferring power to a wide range of local institutions, including customary authorities and NGOs to the detriment of the authority of local governments.
Ribot, Jesse C. and Faye, Pape and Seck, Pape Gora | [ca. 2009]
- Author(s): Ribot, Jesse C. and Faye, Pape and Seck, Pape Gora
- Publisher: Zenith'art
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, rural areas, natural resources, resources conservation, decision-making, elite, public administration, senegal
Hilarious and sad video about how new decentralization laws in Senegal have given a rural council the right to manage and use forests and decide over woodcutting. Incredulous foresters, administrators and merchants try to overrule the council president (Weex Dunx or \"scapegoat\").