Siegle, Joseph and O'Mahony, Patrick | 2006]
- Author(s): Siegle, Joseph and O'Mahony, Patrick
- Publisher: Pennsylvania state university. College of information sciences and technology
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, conflict, local government, local finance, development policy, employment, ethnic conflict, colombia, ghana, philippines, uganda
Case studies from Colombia, Ghana, the Philippines, and Uganda illustrate the complex effects of decentralization on conflict stabilization. Decentralization supportive of higher local government expenditures, employment, and elected leaders have been less likely to succumb to ethnic conflict.
Sietchiping, Remy | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Sietchiping, Remy
- Publisher: [United nations human settlements programme] (UN-HABITAT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: political aspects, legal aspects, public administration, customary law, information systems, land tenure, south africa, iraq, brazil
The article presents a methodology for operationalizing the concept of a continuum of tenure security. Three levels are distinguished: individual or household, community or settlement, and legal and policy. It shows there is more than one route to achieving tenure security.
Sietchiping, Remy and Augustinus, Clarissa and Passano, Guglielma da and Wagner, Robert and Uhlig, Britta and Rollnick, Roman | cop. 2010
- Author(s): Sietchiping, Remy and Augustinus, Clarissa and Passano, Guglielma da and Wagner, Robert and Uhlig, Britta and Rollnick, Roman
- Publisher: United nations human settlements programme (UN-HABITAT) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: land tenure, information technology, land use, poverty alleviation, fiscal policy, gender, botswana
The Botswana Tribal Land Information and Management Systems uses takes into account land policy, land tenure (including tenancy), land use planning, gender issues, valuation, governance and land taxation, and pro-poor decentralized land administration involving local land boards.
Silva Wells, Carmen da and Turyareeba, Patience and Mommen, Brecht | 2009
- Author(s): Silva Wells, Carmen da and Turyareeba, Patience and Mommen, Brecht
- Publisher: IRC international water and sanitation centre
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, capacity building, sanitation, basic services, development planning
A Learning for Policy and Practice in Sanitation and Hygiene (LeaPPS) programme was launched in Uganda to develop local stakeholders’ capacities to set performance targets, monitor and analyse their achievements and be innovative in their approaches.
Singh, Satyajit | 2006
- Author(s): Singh, Satyajit
- Publisher: Philippine institute for development studies (PIDS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, public services, water supply, drinking water, institution building, poverty alleviation, local government, philippines
This paper looks at the different paradigms of decentralization for drinking water supply in the Philippines and its effectiveness in poverty alleviation. There is a need for institutional transformation when moving towards more progressive decentralization paradigms.