Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Formal institutions, local arrangements and conflicts in northern Bolivian communities after forest governance reforms

Cano Cardona, Walter | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Cano Cardona, Walter
  • Publisher: Universiteit Utrecht]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, legislation, community participation, land rights, natural resources, bolivia
Natural resource-based conflicts between community forest management (CFM) and patronage-based management models in response to recent tenure and forestry governance reforms were studied in northern Bolivia.

Subnational debt, insolvency, and market development

Canuto, Otaviano and Liu, Lili | 2013
  • Author(s): Canuto, Otaviano and Liu, Lili
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public debt, public finance, development policy, infrastructure, local government
Decentralization in many countries has given sub-national governments certain spending responsibilities and the capacity to incur debt. This note suggests broad lessons extracted from several country experiences with subnational debt restructuring, insolvency frameworks, and debt market development.

Local economic development and social economy : special thematic issue

Canzanelli, Giancarlo and Mendell, Marguerite | 2009
  • Author(s): Canzanelli, Giancarlo and Mendell, Marguerite
  • Publisher: KIP Rome office]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural aspects, political aspects, social aspects, governance, economic development, latin america, canada
In this special issue of Universitas Forum experiences of local social economy from Quebec and Latin America are situated in a post-crisis global environment. They may illustrate an alternative paradigm that embeds economic initiatives in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts.

Management and supply in agriculture and natural resources : is decentralisation the answer?

Carney, Diana | 1995
  • Author(s): Carney, Diana
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, agricultural development, supply and demand, accountability
The growing demand for food means that new, more effective ways of allocating resources and farm inputs must be found. Decentralization can contribute as part of a broader package aimed at increasing demand-pull from and accountability to rural people.

Reshaping institutions : evidence on external aid and local collective action

Casey, Katherine and Glennerster, Rachel and Miguel, Edward | 2011
  • Author(s): Casey, Katherine and Glennerster, Rachel and Miguel, Edward
  • Publisher: Cyrus Samii
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, governance, public services, conflict, world bank, community development, sierra leone
The extent to which GoBifo, a World Bank funded CDD project in rural Sierra Leone, improved local governance was assessed. It was successful in creating village-level organizations and tools, strengthened local public goods infrastructure, but there were no gains in social capital.
 

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