Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Developmental local government : a case study of South Africa

Visser, Jacobus Wilhelm de | cop. 2005
  • Author(s): Visser, Jacobus Wilhelm de
  • Publisher: Intersentia
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, development policy, community development, local finance, constitutional law, development strategies, legal aspects, south africa
The author proposes a model for capturing the developmental role of local government in institutional arrangements. The model is not only based on development theories, but is also tested in practice. An overview of the South African design for local government is provided.

The challenge of coping with mobility within a decentralized context : response of local governments, NGOs and chiefs to internal and international migration in two districts of the Brong Ahafo region

Vletter, Joanne de | 2012
  • Author(s): Vletter, Joanne de
  • Publisher: [Author]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: international migration, economic development, local government, ghana
This thesis examines to what extent local governments, NGOs and traditional chiefs integrate migration within their policies, plans and concrete activities, using the case of Brong Ahafo region in Ghana? A more enabling environment for international migrants' investments is needed.

Constructing local democracy in Bolivia : decentralization and rural development

Vogel, Martin | 2010
  • Author(s): Vogel, Martin
  • Publisher: Lund university. Faculty of social sciences. Department of political science
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: socialism, political conditions, accountability, governance, local government, popular participation, poverty alleviation, decentralization in government, bolivia
The effect of decentralization on the conditions for poverty reduction, local participation, local governance, and accountability in Bolivia are analysed. The study further investigates how these conditions have been affected by the MAS government.

E-service delivery : a manual for delivering e-services as a local government in the digital information society

Voogd, Mark | cop. 2007
  • Author(s): Voogd, Mark
  • Publisher: VNG international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, public services, internet, information technology, guidelines
Offers an overview on how to implement and deliver e-services successfully. Includes four best practices of the development of effective and efficient e-service delivery.

PNPM-rural baseline report

Voss, John | 2008
  • Author(s): Voss, John
  • Publisher: World bank [Indonesia]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, community development, poverty alleviation, development strategies, women, gender, decision-making, world bank, indonesia
This report seeks to determine the impact of community-driven development approaches on poverty alleviation and access to services in Indonesia. Disadvantaged groups such as female-headed households are poorer and face stronger challenges in accessing education than poor households in general.
 

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