Gaventa, John | 2002
- Author(s): Gaventa, John
- Publisher: Swedish university of agricultural sciences (SLU)
- Pages: 29--35
- Keywords: institutional infrastructure, civil society, popular participation, democracy, governance, local government
The author raises critical question by posing six propositions, e.g. on the need to construct new relationships between ordinary people and government institutions and on the need to re-conceptualize the meanings of participation and citizenship in relationship to local governance.
Gboyega, Alex | cop. 2003
- Author(s): Gboyega, Alex
- Publisher: Indiana university]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, civil society, nongovernmental organizations, popular participation, development projects, nigeria
The history of decentralization in Nigeria is reviewed. It is argued that civil society organizations in Africa are too small to be able to take over the role of local governments in all respects. Instead, it is better to reform local governments.
Geest, Kees van der | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Geest, Kees van der
- Publisher: Mudcastle productions
- Pages: --
- Keywords: project monitoring, project evaluation, political participation, governance, ghana, burkina faso
In this video the methodology of the Participatory Development Assessment research project is introduced, which aims to improve the evaluation of development interventions in Africa. The video contains an interview supported with images from the field (Northern Ghana and Southern Burkina Faso).
George, Khanyisa | 2010
- Author(s): George, Khanyisa
- Publisher: Nelson Mandela metropolitan university (NMMU)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, governance, leadership, indigenous populations, south africa
Has the South African government managed to add traditional leadership to the local government structures? This study examines how well the Mgwalana Traditional Authority (MTA) is performing its role of governing and developing its area and the municipal area of Nkonkobe in Eastern Cape.
Georgiadou, Yola | 2011
- Author(s): Georgiadou, Yola
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Pages: 285--304
- Keywords: local government, accountability, public services, public opinion, water supply, empowerment, internet, tanzania
The potential and research challenges of a “participatory sensing” platform or “human sensor web” for empowering citizens to hold local governments accountable for public services using web-published SMS or text messages are discussed, using the case of Zanzibar.