Title: 'What works for the poor' : local governance systems and the delivery of maternal health, water and sanitation in two rural districts of Uganda

Authors: Sabiti, Bernard and Kawooya Ssebunya, Andrew

Place: London [etc.]

Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP) [etc.]

Year: 2012

Journal: Background paper / Africa power and politics

Volume: 16

PAGE: --

Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: maternal health services, water supply, nongovernmental organizations, ethnic and racial groups, leadership, community participation, governance, local government, sanitation, maternal welfare, uganda

Abstract: A new framework for studying the effect of hybrid forms of local governance, composed of associational, chiefly, administrative and communal stakeholders, was applied to public service delivery. An important factor was to build on existing forms of legitimacy, authority and accountability.

URL: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/APPP/20120608-Backgroundpaper16.pdf

Document type: E-article