Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Capacity building for decentralised education service delivery in Ethiopia and Pakistan : a comparative analysis : a study prepared for the project Capacity, change and performance

Watson, David and Yohannes, Lissane and Khan, Adnan Qadir | 2005
  • Author(s): Watson, David and Yohannes, Lissane and Khan, Adnan Qadir
  • Publisher: European centre for development policy management (ECDPM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: education, capacity building, educational policy, comparative analysis, pakistan, ethiopia
This discussion paper summarizes the main features of the two cases. It identifies factors that appear to matter most in the relationship of change, capacity and performance, and with regard to the feasibility of building effective capacity for devolved education service delivery.

Participatory local development planning : a guide for municipalities in southern Ecuador : local government

Weer, Erik van and Bustamante, Manuel and Solorzano, Vicente | [ca. 2006]
  • Author(s): Weer, Erik van and Bustamante, Manuel and Solorzano, Vicente
  • Publisher: SNV Ecuador
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: rural planning, community participation, rural development, decentralization in government, local government, development planning, guidelines, popular participation, ecuador
As a result of the process of decentralization, poor municipalities in Southern Ecuador are now required to draw up their own local development plans, specifying policies, strategies and programmes. This guide shares its experiences in formulating the plans and introducing a participatory process.

Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security : from finding common ground to making it happen

Wehrmann, Babette and Arial, Anni and Romano, Francesca | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Wehrmann, Babette and Arial, Anni and Romano, Francesca
  • Publisher: World bank]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decision-making, popular participation, legal aspects, guidelines, land rights, forests, fisheries, land tenure
The FAO has been preparing voluntary guidelines to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests worldwide. They are based on principles, such as the respect and recognition of all legitimate tenure right holders and their rights and the provision of access to justice.

Démystifier la planification : appropriation du processus de développement communal au Bénin

Weinsou, Claude Guy and Baltissen, Gérard and Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Weinsou, Claude Guy and Baltissen, Gérard and Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.
  • Publisher: SNV-Bénin [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: community development, development planning, community participation, administrative reform, guidelines, decentralization in government, benin
This book gives an overview of the proces of decentralization in Benin and describes how communities are empowered to assume full ownershop of the development proces by way of a standard 7-step planning method.

The relationship between transparent and participative government : a study of local governments in the United States

Welch, Eric W. | 2012
  • Author(s): Welch, Eric W.
  • Publisher: Sage
  • Pages: 93--115
  • Keywords: information technology, internet, popular participation, accountability, local government, united states
The article provides public administrators with greater insight into causes of and relationships between transparency and participation.
 

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