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Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Citizens’ participation and local governance in South East Asia

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: One world action
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, community participation, popular participation, civil society, south east asia, philippines, indonesia, cambodia, thailand
A paper looking at the successes, lessons and challenges of opening up local governance to poor people in four Southeast Asian Countries: Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand.

India : rural governments and service delivery

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Oxford university press
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, rural development, local government, basic services, panchayat, india
This study deals with the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services, e.g. health, education, sanitation and employment. What role do panchayats have in delivering these services. The focus is on disadvantaged rural areas.

Promoting transparency and accountability in the health sector : civil society participation in health sector planning, budgeting and monitoring

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Action group for health, human rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information exchange, management, budgeting, civil society, popular participation, decentralization in government, health services, uganda
AGHA, a health rights advocacy organization in Uganda, developed a tool for monitoring resource use at the district and national level to collect data about health sector planning, and budgeting, CSO participation in planning, access to health information, and general management issues.

Decentralization, local power and women's rights : global trends in participation, representation and access to public services : policy recommendations

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International development research centre (IDRC) : with UNDP [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, women, political participation, public services
The document comprises a set of policy recommendations that define a global agenda on gender and decentralization. It is intended as a resource for action, to be taken up by policy-makers, politicians, multilateral, bilateral and donor agencies, and civil society organizations.

Decentralised service delivery in east Africa : a comparative study of Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Japan international cooperation agency (JICA). Institute for international cooperation (IIC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, public services, health, agricultural development, rural development, development assistance, africa south of sahara, japan
 

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