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• The impact of decentralization on large scale irrigation : evidence from the Philippines
  2011, Araral, Eduardo K. Portal

  Econometric analysis of a 83,000 hectares irrigation system in the Philippines finds that decentralized subsystems...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The impact of good governance on development and poverty in Africa : Botswana - a relatively successful African initiative
  2010, Sebudubudu, David Portal

  At independence, Botswana was considered a hopeless case. Statistical evidence suggests that democratic governance with...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The imperative of participation in South African local government
  2011, Govender, Jayanathan and Reddy, P.S. Portal

  Local government has become the implementing agency for development in South Africa. Citizens are encouraged...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The implications of federalism and decentralisation on socio-economic conditions in Ethiopia
  2012, Zimmermann-Steinhart, Petra and Bekele, Yakob Portal

  This paper analyses impacts of the federal system and decentralization on Ethiopia's socio-economic development, with...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The importance of the informal economy for local economic development (LED) in Africa
  2011, Hobson, Emma Wadie Portal

  This short paper argues that LED strategies can only succeed by taking the informal sector...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The informal development partners working group on local governance and decentralisation portal (DPWG-LGD)
  cop. 2008-, Portal

  The Informal Development Partners Working Group on Local Governance and Decentralization (DPWG-LGD) portal is one...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The International association for the study of the commons : the leading professional association dedicated to the commons
  2010-, Portal

  The IASC is a nonprofit association devoted to understanding and improving institutions for the management...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The International development department (IDD)
  2011-, Portal

  In addition to the department’s longstanding interests in governance and development, research areas that have...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The Land deal politics initiative (LDPI)
  cop. 2012-, Portal

  LDPI aims to provide in-depth and systematic enquiry into the global land grab in order...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• The land governance assessment framework : identifying and monitoring good practice in the land sector
  cop. 2012, Deininger, Klaus W. and Selod, Harris and Burns, Anthony F. Portal

  The framework (LGAF) provides guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance. If land institutions function...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance