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• Elusive meanings : decentralization, conservation, and local democracy
  2008, Diaw, Mariteuw Chimère and Blomley, David and Lescuyer, Guillaume Portal

  This paper questions the concept of democratic decentralization and its reductionist focus on state, powers,...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Embedding poor people's voices in local governance : participation and political empowerment in India : a report to West Bengal stakeholders
  ca. 2011], Portal

  This is a preliminary report on the opportunities available to poor and marginalised households in...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Emerging dimensions of decentralization debate in the age of glocalization
  2008, Sharma, Chanchal Kumar Portal

  Often competing approaches to the design of decentralization are reviewed. It is argued that each...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowering Indonesian communities through direct participation in developing infrastructure and services
  2010, Portal

  The National Program for Community Empowerment encourages local communities to participate in the planning process;...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowering local people through community-based resource monitoring : a comparison of Brazil and Namibia
  2012, Constantino, Pedro de Araujo Lima E-article

  The psychological, social, economic, and political aspects of local empowerment in wildlife monitoring systems in...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowering the marginalized : case studies of social accountability initiatives in Asia
  cop. 2007, Sirker, Karen and Cosic, Sladjana Portal

  Thirteen case studies of social accountability, including citizen participation in public policy making, participatory budgeting,...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowering the poor : local governance for poverty reduction
  2003, Bonfiglioli, Angelo Portal

  The basic conceptual dimensions of poverty and local governance are analysed and the key characteristics...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowering the poor : the KALAHI-CIDSS community-driven development project : a toolkit of concepts and cases
  2005, Parker, Andrew and Sera, Yumi and Bhatnagar, Bhuvan Portal

  This paper reports on a community-driven development project in the Philippines that aims to empower...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowerment : an approach for development in rural areas of Iran
  2011, Allahdadi, Fatemeh Portal

  Empowerment as a strategy for rural development in Iran is discussed. A distinction is made...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Empowerment and poverty reduction : a sourcebook
  2002, Narayan, Deepa Portal

  This book addresses questions concerning empowerment, the role of the World Bank, and how to...

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  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance