Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Performance in government : the evolving system of performance and evaluation measurement, monitoring, and management in the United Kingdom

Talbot, Colin | 2010
  • Author(s): Talbot, Colin
  • Publisher: World bank. Independent evaluation group (IEG)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, public services, evaluation, accountability, united kingdom
This Evaluation Capacity Development paper on the evolution and current state of the Public Service Agreements System in UK may be of benefit to officials involved in similar tasks in developing countries. Special emphasis is placed on success factors and institutional aspects.

Reforming the Malawian public sector : retrospectives and prospectives

Tambulasi, Richard I.C. | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Tambulasi, Richard I.C.
  • Publisher: Council for the development of social science research in Africa (CODESRIA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public sector, economic policy, decentralization in government, development strategies, private sector, subsidies, malawi
This book examines decentralization, performance contracting, and public-private partnerships as key aspects of failed donor-induced public sector reforms in Malawi, using the case of the 2005/6 fertilizer subsidy programme.

Decentralization as a breeding ground for conflicts : an analysis of institutional conflicts in Malawi's decentralized system

Tambulasi, Richard I.C. | 2011
  • Author(s): Tambulasi, Richard I.C.
  • Publisher: Network of Asia-Pasific schools and institutes of public administration and governance (NAPSIPAG)]
  • Pages: 28--39
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, conflict, local government, public administration, political aspects, malawi
This article examines the impacts of poorly designed decentralization programmes on institutional conflicts in Malawi, e.g. between the central government and local governments, between councillors and members of parliament, between traditional authorities and councillors, and among councillors.

A review of community-driven development and its application to the Asian development bank

Tanaka, Sonomi and Singh, Janmejay and Songco, Dan and Maclean, Jay | 2006
  • Author(s): Tanaka, Sonomi and Singh, Janmejay and Songco, Dan and Maclean, Jay
  • Publisher: Asian development bank (ADB)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: community development, community participation, development assistance, project formulation, decentralization in government
This review provides a clear conceptual summary of CDD and describes the performance of multilateral development banks with CDD. A number of cases from Indonesia, Laos, and Sri Lanka is discussed in detail.

Practical entry points for improving governance for rural sanitation and hygiene

Tandukar, Bimal | 2011
  • Author(s): Tandukar, Bimal
  • Publisher: SNV Asia
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: water supply, governance, local government, development projects, sanitation
Despite ongoing decentralization efforts, local planning and resource allocation rarely integrate water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Rural WASH programmes often run in relative isolation of local governance processes. Practical entry points for improving WASH governance are needed.
 

About this portal

This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on Rural Decentralization and Local Governance.