Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Supporting the capacity of organisations at community level : an exploration of issues, methods and principles for good practice

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.

Toward a political-economy of local governance in Africa : policies, institutions, interests and consequences

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.

Why has decentralization failed in Africa? : assessing the lessons of self-organized, local governance initiatives

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.

Decentralization, local governance and 'recentralization' 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.

Local government discretion and accountability : application of a local governance framework

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.
 

About this portal

This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on Rural Decentralization and Local Governance.