Title: Local governance and community action : how poor and marginalized people can achieve change

Authors: Rowlands, Jo and Gaag, Nikki van der

Place: Oxford

Publisher: Oxfam GB

Year: cop. 2012

Journal: Programme insights

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: nongovernmental organizations, poverty alleviation, development strategies, governance, local government, vietnam, tanzania, nepal, malawi, kenya

Abstract: Case studies from Nepal, Malawi, Kenya, Viet Nam and Tanzania show how local governance dynamics are central to the process of change that enable people to claim their rights. A thorough analysis of local power relations can inform approaches to increase the probability of bringing about change.

URL: http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/download?Id=451720&dl=http://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/oxfam/bitstream/10546/226731/1/pi-local-governance-overview-250512-en.pdf

Document type: Portal