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• Who counts? : the quiet revolution of participation and numbers
  2007, Chambers, Robert Portal

  Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation has taken many forms, with varied degrees of ownership and empowerment....

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Who owns the land? : perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions
  2012, Bomuhangi, Allan and Doss, Cheryl and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Portal

  The effect of different definitions of land ownership, gender relations and ownership documents on women’s...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Who talks with whom? : the role of repeated interactions in decentralized forest governance
  2004, Andersson, Krister P. Portal

  This article suggests that efforts to study decentralization outcomes would benefit from widening the unit...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why accountability matters
  2010, Wild, Leni and Foresti, Marta and Harris, Dan Portal

  This ODI policy brief points out that strengthening accountability is fundamentally a political activity, requiring...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why gender matters : ten ways local government can advance gender equity : fact sheet
  2012, Portal

  The fact sheets, Ten ways local government can advance gender equity, are part of a...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why has decentralization failed in Africa? : assessing the lessons of self-organized, local governance initiatives
  2008, Wunsch, James S. Portal

  This conference paper considers several instances of locally initiated, self-organized efforts which were based on...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why is local economic development so difficult, and what can we do to make it more effective?
  2003, Meyer-Stamer, Jِrg Portal

  The lack of success of local economic development is analysed. The main reasons are inherent...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why Quality Matters : Rebuilding Trustworthy Local Government in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
  2012, Sacks, Audrey and Larizza, Marco Conference proceeding/ paper

  A study of the effect of political decentralization in post-conflict Sierra Leone on legitimization shows...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Why women succeed in local politics : the role of the informal to access leadership positions in Tanzania
  2007, Francis, Annie Portal

  Local government reform in Tanzania focuses on good governance and decentralization to strengthen decision making...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Will patients be better off with a decentralised basic health service? : effectiveness of a decentralizing basic health service in Burkina Faso
  2007, Wal, Bertram van der Portal

  In Burkina Faso health services are being decentralized to municipalities after the local elections of...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance