Title: Local government and local development : bridging the gap through critical discourse : evidence from the Commonwealth Caribbean

Authors: Schoburgh, Eris D.

Place: [Sydney

Publisher: University of technology Sydney (UTS)]

Year: 2012

Journal: Commonwealth journal of local governance (CJLG)

Volume: 10

PAGE: 5--31

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: development strategies, human resources, informal sector, economic development, local government, caribbean region, jamaica, trinidad and tobago

Abstract: This paper discusses: (1) the institutional and organisational imperatives of a developmental role for local government; and (2) the extent to which these imperatives have been addressed in reform. Generally, local government must be linked more consistently with a local development strategy.

URL: http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/download/2686/2900

Document type: Portal