Tag: institutional infrastructure
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Towards participatory local governance : six propositions for discussion
Abstract: The author raises critical question by posing six propositions, e.g. on the need to construct new relationships between ordinary people and government institutions and on the need to re-conceptualize the meanings of participation and citizenship in relationship to local governance. Author(s): Gaventa, John Source(s): , Currents / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; 28 p. 29-35, ill Currents…
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Local political and institutional structures and processes : a summary report
Abstract: This paper highlights a number of mechanisms created by communities to promote effective local governance, particularly in rural Africa. The two main questions are whether decentralization has fostered favourable central-local government relationships and inter-local organizational synergies. Author(s): Olowu, Dele Source(s): , p. 49-58 draft Published: 2001 United nations capital development fund (UNCDF), [New York,…
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The political economy of democratic decentralization
Abstract: This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed and suggests ways in which decentralization can promote rural development. Author(s): Manor, James Source(s): , Directions in development x, 133 p., 23 cm Directions in…
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Toward a political-economy of local governance in Africa : policies, institutions, interests and consequences
Abstract: This paper is an attempt to develop and explore a model of what might be called the ‘political economy’ of local governance in Africa, and how it affects several of the policies and institutions used to organize key aspects of decentralization and local governance. Author(s): Wunsch, James S. Source(s): , 28 p. Published: 1999…
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Rethinking decentralization in developing countries
Abstract: This paper explores how a wide range of variables – institutional ones in particular – can affect decentralization efforts and how policies and incentives can be designed to improve outcomes. The question of capacity is also discussed. Author(s): Litvack, Jennie Ilene; Ahmad, Junaid; Bird, Richard Miller Source(s): , Sector studies series / World bank…
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Analyzing the performance of alternative institutional arrangements for sustaining rural infrastructure in developing countries
Abstract: This paper, which draws on principles from the new institutional economics and institutional analysis, argues that a principal underlying cause of the lack of sustained rural infrastructure investments in developing countries is the set or sets of perverse incentives. Author(s): Ostrom, Elinor; Schroeder, Larry; Wynne, Susan Source(s): , Journal of public administration, research &…