Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Donors, local development groups and institutional reform over Vietnam's development decade

Fritzen, Scott | 2003
  • Author(s): Fritzen, Scott
  • Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian studies (ISEAS)
  • Pages: 234--270
  • Keywords: local government, governance, economic development, accountability, public administration, vietnam
Accountability in the context of local development groups (LDGs) in Vietnam is understood as enhancing the ability of local levels of government and villagers to participate meaningfully in the governance processes that effect them, and to interface more effectively with higher levels of government.

Can the design of community-driven development reduce the risk of elite capture? : evidence from Indonesia

Fritzen, Scott A. | 2006
  • Author(s): Fritzen, Scott A.
  • Publisher: National university of Singapore (NUS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, community participation, development projects, governance, elite, poverty alleviation, indonesia
This study from Indonesia shows that while CDD projects can help create spaces for elite and non-elite community leaders to emerge, elite control of project decision-making is pervasive. Project-initiated accountability arrangements, such as democratic leadership selection, could curb this.

Problems and prospects of decentralization in developing countries

Fritzen, Scott A. and Lim, Patrick W.O. | 2006
  • Author(s): Fritzen, Scott A. and Lim, Patrick W.O.
  • Publisher: National university of Singapore (NUS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, economic development, accountability, political aspects, social development, poverty alleviation
This review presents a typology of decentralization reforms in developing countries and explores the ideological and rhetorical underpinnings. Problematic issues or controversies include: (1) the impact of decentralization on inequality; (2) macroeconomic stability; and (3) political accountability.

Impact of mobile telephone on the quality and speed of agricultural extension services delivery : evidence from the rural e-service project in India

Fu, Xiaolan and Akter, Shaheen | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Fu, Xiaolan and Akter, Shaheen
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota. Waite library. AgEcon search]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: small farms, poverty, agricultural extension, telephone, mobile telecommunication services, india
This study examines the impact of a mobile phone technology enhanced services on agricultural extension services delivery system in Madhya Pradesh, India. Disadvantaged farmers benefit more from the intervention than those who are better off.

What makes the Bangladesh Local government engineering department (LGED) so effective? : complementarity between LGED capacity and donor capacity development support : revisiting the capacity development approach through comparative case analysis

Fujita, Yasuo | 2011
  • Author(s): Fujita, Yasuo
  • Publisher: Japan international cooperation agency (JICA) research institute
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, water supply, public services, community participation, capacity building, bangladesh
LGED is the organization in charge of planning and implementing rural, urban and small scale water resources infrastructure development projects in Bangladesh. It also provides technical support to local government institutions and stakeholder capacity building.
 

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