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• Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation? : a look at local public finance dynamics in Ghana
  2009, Mogues, Tewodaj and Benin, Samuel and Cudjoe, Godsway Portal

  Panel data on district governments' public finances in Ghana are used to examine the impact...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Do poor people benefit less from decentralization?
  2003, Krishna, Anirudh Portal

  Can decentralization benefit the poor? Data from India suggest excluded groups should be empowered by...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Documents & reports
  2010-, Portal

  A bibliographic database of policy papers, project documents, reviews, evaluations, and brochures on local development...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does community driven development work? : evidence from Senegal
  2007, Arcand, Jean-Louis and Bassole, Léandre Portal

  The impact of the World Bank financed PNIR (Programme National d’Infrastructures Rurales) CDD (community driven...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?
  cop. 2009, Ahmad, Ehtisham and Brosio, Giorgio Portal

  Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does fiscal decentralization strengthen social capital? : cross-country evidence and the experiences of Brazil and Indonesia
  2010, de Mello, Luiz Portal

  This paper tests the hypothesis that, by giving people more voice in decision-making, fiscal decentralization...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does gender influence forest management? : exploring cases from East Africa and Latin America : paper
  2008, Mwangi, Esther and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth and Sun, Yan and Banana, Abwoli Portal

  A comparative study of varying proportions of women in forest user groups across 4 countries...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does greater accountability improve the quality of delivery of public services? : evidence from Uganda
  2004, Deininger, Klaus and Mpuga, Paul Portal

  A study from Uganda shows that improved accountability will be important to reduce the incidence...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Does secure land tenure save forests? : a review of the relationship between land tenure and tropical deforestation
  2012], Robinson, Brian E. and Holland, Margaret B. and Naughton-Treves, Lisa Portal

  Deforestation is linked to land tenure security. A literature review of over 130 cases under...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Donor approaches to governance assessments : guiding principles for enhanced impact, usage and harmonisation
  2009, Portal

  The scope and volume of assessment tools to understand governance impacts have flourished. The OECD...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance