Edwards, Andrew | 2009]
- Author(s): Edwards, Andrew
- Publisher: Powercube
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, accountability, popular participation, civil society, development strategies, congo
A workshop with 23 civil society organizations was held in the Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss methods of power analysis that might help to improve the strategies of these organizations for promoting accountable governance at local level.
Ehrhardt, David and Oliver, Chloë and Kenny, Charles | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Ehrhardt, David and Oliver, Chloë and Kenny, Charles
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: corrupt practices, development planning, guidelines, roads, infrastructure, local government, governance, latin america
This sourcebook is meant as a resource to sector practitioners to assess the extent and risks of corruption in the sector and to improve governance in ways that reduce corruption. It outlines the articulation between local and national government transport infrastructure planning.
Elbow, Kent | 2012
- Author(s): Elbow, Kent
- Publisher: World bank]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: guidelines, development projects, community participation, cartography, customary law, land tenure, senegal, burkina faso, benin
MCA projects in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Senegal have achieved considerable success in achieving targets for formalizing customary land rights in the form of mapping, land charters, and identifying land allocation preferences. The experiences resulted in a checklist of common challenges.
El-Gack, Nawal | 2012
- Author(s): El-Gack, Nawal
- Publisher: Council for the development of social science research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Pages: 195--208
- Keywords: community organization, nongovernmental organizations, popular participation, economic development, local government, sudan
The role of NGOs for participatory development in Sudan is discussed and their performance is examined. The need establishing effective networks and links between government institutions local community organizations, private sectors and international organizations is emphasized.
Ellis, Frank and Kutengule, Milton and Nyasulu, Alfred | 2002
- Author(s): Ellis, Frank and Kutengule, Milton and Nyasulu, Alfred
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: poverty, decentralization in government, enterprise development, fiscal policy, malawi
The poor, landlocked, country of Malawi is pursuing the twin strategies of decentralization and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). This paper reviews these macro level processes from a rural livelihoods perspective.