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• Improving service delivery through outsourcing
  2011, Badenhorst-Weiss, J.A. and Ambe, I.M. Portal

  Analysis of 10 case studies of outsourcing in the South African public sector demonstrates that...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Improving the community development workers programme in South Africa
  2012, Davids, Ismail and Cloete, Fanie Portal

  In 2003, the South African government introduced a cadre of Community Development Workers (CDWs) with...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Improving the implementation of health workforce policies through governance : a review of case studies
  2011, Dieleman, Maria Areke and Shaw, Daniel M.P. and Zwanikken, Prisca Portal

  A study of 4 governance dimensions (including performance, which has an important decentralization component) on...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Improving the provision of basic services for the poor in fragile environments : water supply, sanitation and hygiene international literature review
  2008, Welle, Katharina Portal

  This paper constitutes a literature review of the international practice and experience in supporting pro-poor...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• In and out of the forest : decentralisation and recentralisation of forest governance in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  2012, Bullinger, Cathrin and Haug, Michaela Portal

  The question what actual impact both de- and recentralisation of forest governance had on the...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• In pursuit of votes : the capture of the allocation of local public goods by the central state in Ghana
  2010, Horowitz, Leah and Palaniswamy, Nethra Portal

  Using a comparative case study of two districts in northern Ghana, it is shown that...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• In the know : using information to make better decisions : a discussion paper
  cop. 2008, Portal

  Buidling on the experiences on the UK Audit Commission, this paper aims to encourage people...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Inclusive local governance for poverty reduction : a review of policies and practices
  [2010], Mejيa Acosta, Andrés and Clark, Julia Portal

  IDS reviewed 11 cases studies of donors worldwide to analyse how and when donor policies...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• Increasing public participation through awareness raising activities : a case study in Trao reef marine reserve, Vietnam
  2013, Tran, Hang Thi Minh and Chou, Loke Ming and Nguyen, Hue Thu Portal

  This paper focuses on stakeholder participation in the community-based management of Trao Reef, Vietnam. The...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
  

• India : rural governments and service delivery
  2008, Portal

  This study deals with the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements...

  Subject :

  Rural Decentralization and Local Governance