Altunbas, Yener and Thornton, John | 2010
- Author(s): Altunbas, Yener and Thornton, John
- Publisher: Bangor university. Bangor business school
- Pages: --
- Keywords: corrupt practices, public administration, governance, fiscal policy, decentralization in government
The effect of fiscal decentralization on the quality of governance was examined in a cross-section of developed and developing economies. It was found that greater fiscal decentralization is associated with improvements in the quality of governance in a robust way.
Amanor, Kojo and Brown, David | 2003
- Author(s): Amanor, Kojo and Brown, David
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, forest management, democracy, ghana
This paper reports on research in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo Region concerning the implications of democratic decentralisation on management of the natural environment, particularly forest resources.
Amawi, Abla and Wignaraja, Kanni | 2007
- Author(s): Amawi, Abla and Wignaraja, Kanni
- Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, economic development, capacity building, decentralization in government
This note provides a concise overview of the capacity challenges involved in local development and potential ways to address them. It shows where capacity development investments and efforts could be focused, rather than set solutions or a detailed roadmap.
Amdam, Roar | 2007
- Author(s): Amdam, Roar
- Publisher: Hّgskulen i Volda [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, community participation, empowerment, development planning, evaluation, accountability, capacity building, democracy
The extent to which the ten principles of empowerment evaluation (including community ownership, democratic participation, social justice, capacity building, organizational learning, and accountability) can stimulate the learning process within a planning approach to public health work is discussed.
Ameen, Kanwal | 2008
- Author(s): Ameen, Kanwal
- Publisher: Curtin university of technology. Department of information studies]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: university and college libraries, library collection development, library co-operation, pakistan
There is hardly any practice of sharing collections in a formal manner in Pakistan's university libraries. Using a survey method, this study explores the barriers to collection sharing among the well established chartered university libraries situated in the major cities of Pakistan.