Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Bucking the Kuznets curve : designing effective environmental regulation in developing countries

Faure, Michael and Goodwin, Morag and Weber, Franziska | 2010]
  • Author(s): Faure, Michael and Goodwin, Morag and Weber, Franziska
  • Publisher: University of Virginia. School of law
  • Pages: 95--156
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, environmental management, governance, legislation, local government, institutional infrastructure, accountability
The quality and type of environmental regulation plays an important role in determining regulatory effectiveness. The authors also discuss the pros and cons of decentralized governance. Much depends on the capacity of the different levels of governance.

Integrated fiscal decentralisation : taking new aid modalities to the local level

Faust, Jِrg and Haldenwang, Christian von | 2010
  • Author(s): Faust, Jِrg and Haldenwang, Christian von
  • Publisher: German development institute (DIE)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, fiscal policy, development assistance, aid co-ordination
This document discusses the opportunities for and challenges to integrated fiscal decentralisation (IFD) from a domestic and a donor perspective, considering its potential in terms of alignment, coordination and the absorption of ODA funds.

Paths and pitfalls of decentralisation for sustainable forest management : experiences of the Asia-Pacific region

Ferguson, Ian and Chandrasekharan, Cherukat | ca. 2004]
  • Author(s): Ferguson, Ian and Chandrasekharan, Cherukat
  • Publisher: Center for international forestry research (CIFOR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, forest management, sustainable development, china, fiji, indonesia, south korea, vietnam
Selected case studies of experiences with decentralization in the Asia-Pacific Region have been reviewed for their positive and negative aspects. The impacts on forest management and overall sustainability are noted.

Adopting corporate communication in local government units for successful government reform initiatives

Ferido, Miguel | 2011]
  • Author(s): Ferido, Miguel
  • Publisher: Nagoya university. Graduate school of international development (GSID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: administrative reform, local government, public opinion, communications, philippines
This paper specifically looks at the role of communication, particularly corporate communication, in gaining support and sympathy of the public opinion to aid in the success of government reform initiatives at the local level in the Philippines.

Reconceiving social exclusion

Fischer, Andrew M. | 2011
  • Author(s): Fischer, Andrew M.
  • Publisher: University of Manchester. Brooks world poverty institute (BWPI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: poverty, social aspects
This paper argues that the concept of social exclusion should be redefined to reflect structural, institutional or agentive processes of repulsion or obstruction. The definition no longer implies poverty, allowing for a conceptualization of processes that occur vertically across social hierarchies.
 

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