Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Yes Africa can : success stories from a dynamic continent

Chuhan-Pole, Punam and Angwafo, Manka | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Chuhan-Pole, Punam and Angwafo, Manka
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: economic growth, government spending policy, decentralization in government, agricultural development, cash crops, transport infrastructure, trade liberalization, tourism, crop yields, food security, small farms, information technology, communication technology, private sector, health policy, health economics, tanzania, uganda, mozambique, botswana, mauritius, burkina faso, liberia, sierra leone, somalia, mali, rwanda, ghana, lesotho, kenya, malawi, africa south of sahara
This book with success stories from Africa contains two chapters on different aspects of local governance from Sierra Leone (post-conflict recontruction) and Rwanda (health financing).

Decentralized cooperation and management of urban services in southern countries : an application on water supply services in Senegal

Cissé, Arona | 2011
  • Author(s): Cissé, Arona
  • Publisher: Hyper articles en ligne] (HAL)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: water supply, local government, urban areas, community participation, poverty, development strategies, senegal
Institutional economics and collective action theories are used to show that a new urban water supply model based on decentralized cooperation and a strengthening of local authorities capabilities is the only way to improve access at low prices, especially for poor urban dwellers.

Soutenir la mise en oeuvre de la décentralisation en milieu rural au Mali

Cissé, Augustin | 2003
  • Author(s): Cissé, Augustin
  • Publisher: Institut royal des tropiques (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: rural development, natural resources, environmental management, decentralization in government, capacity building, community participation, training programmes, manuals, public sector, civil society, local government, mali

Social accountability in Africa : practitioners' experiences and lessons

Claasen, Mario and Alpيn-Lardiés, Carmen | 2010
  • Author(s): Claasen, Mario and Alpيn-Lardiés, Carmen
  • Publisher: Institute for democracy in South Africa] (IDASA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, political participation, political co-operation, public services, community participation, development assistance, information exchange, development research, africa
This publication is a knowledge resource to support policy-makers, public policy practitioners, law-makers, public institutions, - managers, the scientific community, civil society, donors, development agencies and all those concerned with the ‘governance-accountability’ nexus in Africa.

Decentralisation and biodiversity management : opportunities to improve UNDP-GEF projects

Clairs, Tim | 2006
  • Author(s): Clairs, Tim
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP). Oslo governance centre
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, natural resources, environmental management, nature conservation, genetic resources
The paper reviews why decentralization and biodiversity management should be mutually reinforcing and why this has not materialized. Changes in UNDP’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded biodiversity projects are suggested to take advantage of the opportunities.
 

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