Stoker, Gerry | 2010
- Author(s): Stoker, Gerry
- Publisher: Universidad complutense Madrid (UCM)]
- Pages: 207--218
- Keywords: local government, economic development, political aspects, public services, social justice, community participation
To allow global comparisons, this article focuses attention on 4 societal roles of local government systems, i.e. support political identity, underwrite economic development, facilitate social welfare provision or act as a lifestyle co-ordinator through the practice of community governance.
Straussman, Jeffrey D. | 2002
- Author(s): Straussman, Jeffrey D.
- Publisher: University of Kansas. Public management research association (PMRA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, public services, public administration, capacity building, training programmes
This discussion of the concept of CB highlights the imprecision of the term. But more important than conceptual elegance is the fact that projects aimed at enhancing capacity really have had very broad and sometimes unclear goals.
Stren, Richard | 2002
- Author(s): Stren, Richard
- Publisher: United nations human settlements programme (UN-Habitat)
- Pages: 1+3--
- Keywords: decentralization in government, development strategies, development policy, development assistance, history
Earlier false starts of decentralization are reviewed. It is argued that the balance of costs and benefits to both central and national governments in favour of the current decentralization efforts are presently positive.
Subedi, Bhishma | 2007
- Author(s): Subedi, Bhishma
- Publisher: United States agency for international development (USAID)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: manuals, natural resources, environmental management, community participation, enterprise development, nepal
This Manual intends to serve the needs of agencies and organizations that are interested in facilitating community organizing, NRM planning and implementation, community-based natural product enterprise development, and the integration of those into rewarding value chains.
Sucaya, I Ketut Gede Ary | 2009
- Author(s): Sucaya, I Ketut Gede Ary
- Publisher: [University of Twente]. International institute for geo-information science and earth observation (ITC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information technology, data bases, land tenure, indonesia
A prototype was built to validate the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) as the national standard model for Indonesia. Validity was demonstrated, although some questions remain: several LADM concepts are not yet used, while others cannot be adopted.