Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa write by Richard C. Crook. This book was released on 1998-12-03. Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is an in-depth empirical study of four Asian and African attempts to create democratic, decentralised local governments in the late 1980s and 1990s. The case studies of Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Karnataka (India) and Bangladesh focus upon the enhancement of participation; accountability between people, politicians and bureaucrats; and, most importantly, on whether governmental performance actually improved in comparison with previous forms of administration. The book is systematically comparative, and based upon extensive popular surveys and local field work. It makes an important contribution to current debates in the development literature on whether 'good governance' and decentralisation can provide more responsive and effective services for the mass of the population - the poor and disadvantaged who live in the rural areas.
Enhancing Participation and Industrial Performance
Enhancing Participation and Industrial Performance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Enhancing Participation and Industrial Performance write by Richard Crook. This book was released on 1994. Enhancing Participation and Industrial Performance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Analyzing Decentralization
Analyzing Decentralization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Analyzing Decentralization write by Arun Agrawal. This book was released on 2000*. Analyzing Decentralization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa write by Naaborle Sackeyfio. This book was released on 2017-09-26. Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but ‘swing’ voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of the country’s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without significant political costs. Indeed, the book situates an unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for the state in the wider economy.
The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization
The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization write by James Manor. This book was released on 1999. The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe this can help stimulate economic growth or reduce rural poverty, goals central government interventions have failed to achieve. Some countries see it as a way to strengthen civil society and deepen democracy. Some perceive it as a way to off-load expensive responsibilities onto lower level governments. Thus, decentralization is seen as a solution to many different kinds of problems. This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It explores why countries have often chosen not to decentralize, even when evidence suggests that doing so would be in the interests of the government. It seeks to explain why since the early 1980s many countries have undertaken some form of decentralization. This report also evaluates the evidence to understand where decentralization has considerable promise and where it does not. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed. It identifies the ways in which decentralization can promote rural development. And it names the goals which decentralization will probably not help achieve.
