Goodspeed, Timothy J. | 2011
- Author(s): Goodspeed, Timothy J.
- Publisher: City university of New York] (CUNY). Hunter college and graduate center
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, finance, fiscal policy, accountability, corrupt practices, poverty, mexico
Theory holds that decentralized governments that rely on own-source revenues should be more fiscally efficient than decentralized governments that rely on grant financing. This was confirmed by data from Mexico. Also, poverty - a measure of uninformed citizens - led to greater corruption.
Gopal, Gita | 2008
- Author(s): Gopal, Gita
- Publisher: World bank. Independent evaluation group (IEG)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, development assistance, world bank, accountability, popular participation
An evaluation of the effectiveness of World Bank support for decentralization in 20 representative countries shows that future support should be underpinned by commitment to service delivery and enhanced capacity for monitoring and evaluation that focuses on accountability and participation.
Goswami, P.R. and Jain, P.K. | 2008
- Author(s): Goswami, P.R. and Jain, P.K.
- Publisher: American society for information science and technology (ASIS&T)
- Pages: 26--29
- Keywords: libraries, library education, information technology, south asia
In the face of the emerging trend of economic globalization and the information technology (IT) revolution, many Indian and South Asian library professionals recognize the current realities and the need to adopt many of the strategies of their western colleagues.
Govender, Jayanathan and Reddy, P.S. | 2011
- Author(s): Govender, Jayanathan and Reddy, P.S.
- Publisher: Unisa
- Pages: 60--77
- Keywords: economic development, democracy, public services, popular participation, local government, south africa
Local government has become the implementing agency for development in South Africa. Citizens are encouraged to participate actively as voters, as citizens, as consumers and end-users of municipal services, and as organized partners involved in the mobilization of resources for development.
Govender, Jayanathan P. | 2008
- Author(s): Govender, Jayanathan P.
- Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Pages: --
- Keywords: research, democracy, popular participation, local government, south africa
A full overview of participation in local government in South Africa is presented. One of the findings was that representative democracy declined in favour participatory forms of governance. More study of the theoretical relationships of participation, democracy and governance is required.