Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Capacity building is not an event but a process : lesson from health sector decentralization of Nepal

Gurung, Gagan | 2009
  • Author(s): Gurung, Gagan
  • Publisher: Nepal medical college (NMC)]
  • Pages: 205--206
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, health centres, capacity building, training programmes, institution building, nepal
After handing over the management of local health institutions in Nepal to local Health Facility Operation and Management Committees, capacity building of the committees and other stakeholders failed to encompass the necessary follow up, monitoring and coaching.

Modeling customary land tenure within the national land administration using the social tenure domain model (case study Ulayat land in Minangkabau community, West Sumatra, Indonesia)

Guspriadi, Teddi | 2011
  • Author(s): Guspriadi, Teddi
  • Publisher: University of Twente. International institute for geo-information science and earth observation (ITC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: land tenure, customary law, information technology, indonesia
The case of Minangkabau customary law was used to develop an assimilation approach that could accommodate the various systems of customary tenure of Indonesia within the National Land Administration System (NLAS). The Social Tenure Domain Model has been used as a standard to develop this model.

Participation for what : social change or social control?

Gَmez, Georgina M. and Berner, Erhard | 2010
  • Author(s): Gَmez, Georgina M. and Berner, Erhard
  • Publisher: Erasmus university Rotterdam. International institute of social studies (ISS) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, nongovernmental organizations, popular participation, development assistance, empowerment, governance, private sector, chile, argentina, egypt, nepal, kenya, rio de janeiro, brazil, colombia
In this collection of papers, the very concept of participation in development processes is questioned, using cases from Latin America, Kenya, and Nepal. The authors question donor-stimulated forms of participation as self-evidently positive, both theoretically and empirically.

Local community participation for sustainable water resource management

Haddad, Fidaa Fawwaz | 2011]
  • Author(s): Haddad, Fidaa Fawwaz
  • Publisher: International water association (IWA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, water management, nature conservation, accountability, empowerment, jordan
The concept of subsidiarity in governance is illustrated using the case of the Azraq Oasis Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) project in Jordan, where the REWARD methodology was used to enhancing ownership, transparency and empowerment at the local level.

Decentralisation and democratic governance : experiences from India, Bolivia and South Africa

Hadenius, Axel | 2003
  • Author(s): Hadenius, Axel
  • Publisher: Almqvist & Wiksell
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, popular participation, democracy, political corruption, corrupt practices, patron-client relations, india, bolivia, south africa
The detrimental effects of decentralization on the quality of political and administrative practices in Bolivia, India, and South Africa are examined with special attention to the incidence of corruption, mismanagement and patronage.
 

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