Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Elite capture or capture elites? : lessons from the 'counter-elite' and 'co-opt-elite' approaches in Bangladesh and Ghana

Wong, Sam | 2010
  • Author(s): Wong, Sam
  • Publisher: United nations university. World institute for development economics research (UNU-WIDER)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: development aspects, leadership, elite, governance, community development, bangladesh, ghana
According to many, community-based development leaves room for elite capture. Using cases from Ghana and Bangladesh, this paper concludes that the success of dealing with elite capture lies in the flexible use of the ‘counter-elite’ and ‘co-opt-elite’ approaches together.

Community-driven development : decentralization's accountability challenge

Wong, Susan and Guggenheim, Scott | 2005
  • Author(s): Wong, Susan and Guggenheim, Scott
  • Publisher: World Bank
  • Pages: 253--267
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, community participation, accountability, local government, governance, administrative reform
This chapter and focuses on CDD’s role in: (1) improving the quality of decentralization by promoting greater civic participation and accountability in local governance; (2) delivering cost-effective and timely services; and (3) informing and formulating decentralization regulations.

Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana

Wouterse, Fleur | 2010
  • Author(s): Wouterse, Fleur
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: internal migration, rural-urban migration, public services, local government, labour market, employment, small farms, rural areas, household surveys, econometrics, ghana
The effect of the level of district rural services on rural-urban migration was studied in Northern Ghana. It was found that rural service improvements aimed at reducing economic isolation can enhance labour mobility and free up on-farm labour for migration by lowering transaction costs.

CLGF blog

Wright, Carl | 2010-
  • Author(s): Wright, Carl
  • Publisher: Commonwealth local government forum (CLGF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, conferences, international co-operation, commonwealth
Carl Wright, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, provides updates on international events.

Decentralization and deforestation : the moderating role of polycentric governance

Wright, Glenn D. | 2012
  • Author(s): Wright, Glenn D.
  • Publisher: International society for new institutional economics (ISNIE)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, forest management, local government, deforestation, decentralization in government, bolivia, peru
Cases from Peru and Bolivia show that decentralization has an ambiguous effect on forest cover change. However, polycentric governance, which is equally common in decentralized and centralized regimes, has a stronger, positive effect on forest conservation in decentralized settings.
 

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