Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Balancing rural poverty reduction and citizen participation : the contradictions of Uganda's decentralization program

Francis, Paul and James, Robert | 2003
  • Author(s): Francis, Paul and James, Robert
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • Pages: 325--337
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, basic services, empowerment, popular participation, accountability, uganda
Uganda’s ambitious decentralization program is analysed in terms of a ‘‘Dual-Mode’’ system of local governance. In the absence of a culture of transparency and downward accountability, efficient service delivery and local empowerment will be hard to combine.

Public service reform in South Africa : an overview of selected case studies from 1994-2004

Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn
  • Publisher: Universiteit van Pretoria
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: administrative reform, women, gender, public administration, south africa
The research explores the concerns, challenges and successes of the Government of South Africa’s efforts to transform the public service to be representative of the South African society and eliminate racism, gender discrimination and associated peculiarities.

The world we could win : administering global governance

Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn | cop. 2005
  • Author(s): Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn
  • Publisher: IOS press [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: political representation, accountability, civil society, popular participation, local government, globalization, governance
The history and definition of governance are reviewed and the implementation of good governance at the local level is contrasted with the complexities of good governance at the global level. The importance of proportionality and subsidiarity in realizing openness, participation etc. is emphasized.

\"Every development is local\" : why local public governance is key to achieving human development results

Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn | 2012]
  • Author(s): Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine Joslyn
  • Publisher: United nations public administration network (UNPAN)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: social development, public services, democracy, governance, local government
The Practice Director for Democratic Governance Group of the UNDP reflects on the importance of Local Public Governance in achieving sustainable human development results. She looks esp. at the capacity challenged areas of the public service in its role as a facilitator of local-level development.

Environmental decentralization and political centralization

Fredriksson, Per G. and Wollscheid, Jim R. | 2011
  • Author(s): Fredriksson, Per G. and Wollscheid, Jim R.
  • Publisher: Università politecnica delle marche]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, climatic change, environmental policy, decentralization in government
Political centralization tends to improve the result of the decentralization of environmental policies addressing local environmental problems. However, the opposite effect was found for environmental policies addressing global environmental problems such as climate change.
 

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