Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Designing rules for demand-driven rural investment funds : the Latin American experience

Wiens, Thomas and Guadagni, Maurizio | 1998
  • Author(s): Wiens, Thomas and Guadagni, Maurizio
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: rural development, project activities, finance, funds, institution building, rural poverty, project management, local government, community participation, decentralization in government, public finance, decision-making, latin america, brazil, colombia, mexico
The demand-driven rural investment fund (DRIFs) is a mechanism for decentralizing decision-making authority and financial resources to local governments and communities. This study explores how well-designed DRIF rules could substitute for central veto power.

Capacity development

Wignaraja, Kanni | 2008
  • Author(s): Wignaraja, Kanni
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: capacity building, development projects, development assistance
The key concepts and basic principles underlying the UNDP approach to supporting capacity development are introduced, the 4 core priority issues are outlined, and the 5 steps of the capacity development process are described.

Common constraints and incentive problems in service delivery

Wild, Leni | 2012
  • Author(s): Wild, Leni
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: accountability, local government, community participation, governance, public services
Five common political economy constraints and incentive problems seem to affect levels of performance in three sectors (education, health, water and sanitation) across multiple countries. They include lack of effective performance oversight, and collective action challenges at the local level.

Why accountability matters

Wild, Leni and Foresti, Marta and Harris, Dan | 2010
  • Author(s): Wild, Leni and Foresti, Marta and Harris, Dan
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, local government, public finance, public services, accountability, development research
This ODI policy brief points out that strengthening accountability is fundamentally a political activity, requiring a robust understanding of local politics (and not just party politics) combined with smarter and more flexible ways of delivering aid and technical support.

A users' guide to measuring local governance

Wilde, Alexandra and Nahem, Joachim | [2008]
  • Author(s): Wilde, Alexandra and Nahem, Joachim
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP). Oslo governance centre
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, evaluation, project monitoring, guidelines
This guide is intended to respond to an increasing demand for guidance on the multiplicity of tools and methods that are being used to measure, assess and monitor governance at the local level. The guide has also been translated to French and Spanish.
 

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