Roy, Saswati | 2012
- Author(s): Roy, Saswati
- Publisher: KIP Rome office]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: ethnic and racial groups, legal aspects, land rights, gender, poverty alleviation, india
This video and case study present a project in West Bengal, India, aimed at developing strong socio-legal awareness on land-rights and a sense of gender justice among 300 women from tribal and under-developed rural families.
Ruangwicha, Sarunya and Kamnuansilpa, Peerasit and Wongthanavasu, Supawatanakorn | 2012]
- Author(s): Ruangwicha, Sarunya and Kamnuansilpa, Peerasit and Wongthanavasu, Supawatanakorn
- Publisher: Khon Kaen university. International association of local government scholars
- Pages: 167--173
- Keywords: political power, civil servants, decision-making, local government, thailand
The perceptions of local government and administrators in Thailand were examnined. Most political officers and civil servants supported the Bangkok-based administrative system and high-level government officers of the Ministry of Interior.
Rusten, Caroline | 2004
- Author(s): Rusten, Caroline
- Publisher: Cambodia development resource institute (CDRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, capacity building, accountability, bureaucracy, cambodia
Since 2001, Cambodia has embarked on its decentralization reform but a number of challenges remain, including the risk of bureaucratization, lack of accountability, the lack of linkage between decentralization and deconcentration, and the lack of capacity building and peer learning between communes.
Ryan, Jeffrey | ca. 2002]
- Author(s): Ryan, Jeffrey
- Publisher: Universidad de Costa Rica. Instituto de investigaciones jurŲdicas (IIJ). Facultad de derecho
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, conflict, political aspects, elite, political representation, costa rica
The possible negative side effects of the ongoing decentralization process in Costa Rica are examined, including party system fragmentation, reinforced or mutated clientelism, inter-municipal conflict and polarization, and local government instability.
Saasa, Oliver S. and Teixeira, Alfredo and Othman | 2002
- Author(s): Saasa, Oliver S. and Teixeira, Alfredo and Othman
- Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP). African governance forum (AGF)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: poverty alleviation, finance, decentralization in government, public services, popular participation, political aspects, leadership, governance, local government, africa
This concept paper highlights issues in local governance, including: (1) political leadership and participation; (2) access and equity in social service delivery; (3) fiscal decentralization and financial management; and (4) a framework for action linking local governance and poverty reduction.