Wright-Revolledo, Katie | 2007
- Author(s): Wright-Revolledo, Katie
- Publisher: International NGO training and research centre (INTRAC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: capacity building, civil society, self-help, nongovernmental organizations
Best practices for organizational capacity building of community-based organizations are provided and principles to guide future interventions and areas for future research are highlighted.
Wunsch, James S. | cop. 1999
- Author(s): Wunsch, James S.
- Publisher: Indiana university
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, governance, political economy, decentralization in government, institutional infrastructure, development policy, africa south of sahara
This paper is an attempt to develop and explore a model of what might be called the 'political economy' of local governance in Africa, and how it affects several of the policies and institutions used to organize key aspects of decentralization and local governance.
Wunsch, James S. | 2008
- Author(s): Wunsch, James S.
- Publisher: Indiana university]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, self-help, development aspects, development strategies, public administration, africa south of sahara
This conference paper considers several instances of locally initiated, self-organized efforts which were based on collective action, analyses how and why these were successful, and explores possible insights into the generally disappointing performance of decentralization reforms in Africa.
Wunsch, James Stevenson | 2001
- Author(s): Wunsch, James Stevenson
- Publisher:
- Pages: 277--288
- Keywords: decentralization in government, governance, local government, budgeting, africa
African decentralization reforms are still experiencing problems in bringing about effective local governance. Central reluctance to relinquish authority in key areas of budgeting and revenue and the complexity of organizational redesign to support decentralization explain these problems.
Yilmaz, Serdar | 2009
- Author(s): Yilmaz, Serdar
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, governance, accountability, decentralization in government, angola, ethiopia, tanzania, uganda, india, philippines, guinea, burkina faso, pakistan
The World Bank local governance framework of 2008 is applied to ten countries and two sectors. The countries are Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, India (Kerala), Philippines, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Pakistan (Punjab). The sectors are health and education.