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• What is governance?
  2013, Fukuyama, Francis Portal

  Four approaches to improve measuring the quality of bureaucracies are described: (1) procedural measures; (2)...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• What makes local government work? : social capital, leadership, participation and ownership in Benin
  2007, Slootweg, Sef and Groen, Jolanda and Llopart, Xavier Portal

  In 2006, the impact of capacity development programmes on the performance of participative local government...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• What makes the Bangladesh Local government engineering department (LGED) so effective? : complementarity between LGED capacity and donor capacity development support : revisiting the capacity development approach through comparative case analysis
  2011, Fujita, Yasuo Portal

  LGED is the organization in charge of planning and implementing rural, urban and small scale...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• What, why, and where
  cop. 2001, Portal

  The purpose of this section is to provide a broad overview of the many different...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• When 'civics' go 'governance' : on the role and relevance of civic organisations in the policy arena in sub-Saharan Africa
  2011, Brouwers, Ria Portal

  Brouwers questions the effectiveness of the lobby and advocacy work of civil society in Africa...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• When does rigorous impact evaluation make a difference? : the case of the Millennium villages
  2010, Clemens, Michael A. and Demombynes, Gabriel Portal

  Rigorous evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) shows that estimates of the project’s effects...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• When is decentralization in forest management a success and when is it a failure? : case studies from the Philippines
  ca. 2007], Balooni, K. and Pulhin, J.M. and Inoue, M. Portal

  The study shows that decentralization reforms require highly capable community organizations and self-management capacity. It...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Where is local government going in Latin America? : a comparative perspective
  cop. 2011, Nickson, Andrew Portal

  Ten basic features of local government systems are used as a template to situate Latin...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Where local talents unite for global development
  2009-, Portal

  The Talent for Governance Network connects civil servants worldwide. In this online community, they can...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Who can address urban inequality? : the often forgotten roles of local government
  2012, Portal

  This paper focuses on the role of local government in reducing inequalities in sustainable development...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance