Cammack, Diana | 2012
- Author(s): Cammack, Diana
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: self-help, development strategies, community participation, governance, public services, malawi
Research undertaken between 2008 and 2011 explored local governance of public goods delivery in a number of peri-urban areas in Malawi. It is time to build on what is working on the ground in Malawi and other parts of Africa, using a just-enough approach rather than Western \"best practice\".
Cammack, Diana and Kanyongolo, Edge | 2010
- Author(s): Cammack, Diana and Kanyongolo, Edge
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, public services, political participation, social development, malawi
The under-provision of basic public goods is a key factor in the persistence of widespread poverty, while public goods’ provision is strongly related to patterns of local governance. This paper explores which local governance institutions are associated with better or worse provision?
Campbell, Tom | 2006
- Author(s): Campbell, Tom
- Publisher: Trَcaire
- Pages: 117--133
- Keywords: decentralization in government, natural resources, governance, poverty alleviation, empowerment, land use
The issue of control over natural resources is considered closely linked to issues of power or good governance, in particular within resource-rich African countries. The NWP framework may be useful in developing a more realistic and field-oriented approach.
Campos, Jose Edgardo and Hellman, Joel S. | 2005
- Author(s): Campos, Jose Edgardo and Hellman, Joel S.
- Publisher: World Bank
- Pages: 237--252
- Keywords: decentralization in government, accountability, elite, fiscal policy, governance, regional co-operation, competition
This chapter discusses five key governance risks that could mitigate the posited advantages of decentralization: capture, clientelism, capacity constraints, competition over the balance of power between levels of government, and weaknesses in effective interregional competition.
Campos Cuimarمes, J.P. de | 2009
- Author(s): Campos Cuimarمes, J.P. de
- Publisher: United nations. Economic and social commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: rural development, popular participation, poverty alleviation, institutional infrastructure, local government, social justice, asia
This paper considers participation in rural development and rural poverty alleviation. Its main purposes are to identify some of the main challenges facing the use of participatory approaches to rural development and poverty alleviation in Asia, and to propose a number of topics for discussion.