Title: Providing public goods : local responses to policy incoherence and state failure in Niger

Authors: Olivier de Sardan, Jean-Pierre

Place: London

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

Year: 2012

Journal: Policy brief / Africa power and politics

Volume: 04

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: public services, health, water supply, community participation, local government, development policy, niger

Abstract: In Niger, as in most African countries, the implementation of public policies poses enormous challenges. Local initiatives to plug the gaps are usually informal. Engaging with local informal initiatives and helping them to become institutionalized would be a better strategy than ignoring them.

URL: http://www.institutions-africa.org/filestream/20120112-appp-policy-brief-4-providing-public-goods-local-responses-to-policy-incoherence-and-state-failure-in-niger-jean-pierre-olivier-de-sardan-january-2012

Document type: Portal