Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Local governance critical for achieving development goals : key note speech

Clark, Helen | 2011
  • Author(s): Clark, Helen
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, women in politics, gender, governance, poverty alleviation, accountability, sanitation, water supply, development strategies
UNDP administrator Helen Clark identifies key drivers of MDG progress with particular relevance to local governance, including gender equality in education and representation, inclusive growth, development ownership and accountability, sanitation, water supply, and energy access.

When does rigorous impact evaluation make a difference? : the case of the Millennium villages

Clemens, Michael A. and Demombynes, Gabriel | 2010
  • Author(s): Clemens, Michael A. and Demombynes, Gabriel
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, economic development, development strategies, evaluation, evaluation research, ghana, kenya, nigeria
Rigorous evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) shows that estimates of the project’s effects depend heavily on the evaluation method. Weaknesses include the subjective choice of intervention sites. Inexpensive improvements are suggested.

Women and local democracy : lessons from Central America

Clulow, Michael | 2005
  • Author(s): Clulow, Michael
  • Publisher: One world action etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, local government, civil society, central america, el salvador, nicaragua, honduras
This publication draws together the experiences and lessons learnt by Central American women working on promoting gender equity in local government.

Taking a seat on Brazil's health councils

Coelho, Vera Schattan P. and Cornwall, Andrea and Shankland, Alex and Benequista, Nicholas and Dunne, Alison and McGregor, Graeme | 2009]
  • Author(s): Coelho, Vera Schattan P. and Cornwall, Andrea and Shankland, Alex and Benequista, Nicholas and Dunne, Alison and McGregor, Graeme
  • Publisher: Powercube
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, popular participation, poverty alleviation, accountability, decentralization in government, local government, brazil
Brazil’s Sistema عnico de Saْde (SUS), is a universal, publicly-funded, rights-based health system. Representative and participatory health councils and conferences have made it more effective, responsive, pro-poor and accountable.

Beyond tenure : rights-based approaches to peoples and forests : some lessons from the forest peoples programme

Colchester, Marcus | cop. 2008
  • Author(s): Colchester, Marcus
  • Publisher: Rights and resources initiative
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: land tenure, forest resources, human rights, poverty alleviation, governance, community participation, africa, asia, latin america
On the basis of a review of 17 years of programmatic work with forest peoples in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this paper explores the complexity of rights that need recognition if community-based livelihoods in forests are to be secured and well-being is to be improved.
 

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