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  The effects of decentralization on Kenya’s forestry sector: cases from forests studied by the IRFI collaborating research centre in Kenya

  Kenya Forestry Research Institute, 2004

  Decentralisation and devolution have become dominant themes in the management of natural resources in the less developed countries.
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  How to make poverty history: the central role of local organisations in meeting the MDGs

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  With a particular focus on the Millennium Development Goals Funds, this book highlights the fact that local institutions matter to development.
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  Lands of the poor: local environmental governance and the decentralisation of natural resources

  United Nations Capital Development Fund, 2004

  This paper argues that good, local-level mechanisms for environmental governance are not only likely to lead to productive natural resource management practices that improve the productivity of local rural economies and increase economic growth, but also to increase awareness of the importance of environmental issues, enhance local responsibilities and accountability and, finally, strengthen local
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  Decentralisation and poverty reduction

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  Decentralisation has become a key issue in development policy in the past two decades. Whereas the advantages and risks of transferring power and resources to local tiers of government have been debated for quite some time, it is only very recently that the linkages between decentralisation and poverty reduction have been addressed.
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  Institutional change and its impact on the poor and excluded: the Indian decentralisation experience

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of socially excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions – Panchayati Raj Institutions within three Indian states.
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  Local governance, finances and service delivery in Tanzania: a summary of findings from six councils

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2005

  This study measure the success of the Civil Service Reform Programme (CSRP) which was launched in Tanzania in 1997. in order to determine progress it focuses on the areas of governance, finances and financial management and service delivery.
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  Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil

  BMC Public Health, 2005

  Published in BMC Public Health, this article reports on a study which investigated factors associated with treatment delay for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in urban Recife, Brazil. Of 1,105 adult patients diagnosed over a two-year period, 62 per cent had a delay in treatment of longer than 60 days.
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  The design, process and achievements of Zambia's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This paper reviews progress made by the Zambian Government in implementing the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP). It argues that more could have been done to ensure the implementation of the PRSP if there were more funds.
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  Case study of a "successful" sector-wide approach: the Uganda health sector SWAp

  Swiss Tropical Institute, 2004

  This paper, from the Swiss Tropical Institute, explores some of the factors for the success of a sector wide approach (SWAp) in the Ugandan health sector.. The paper seeks to understand why it is working, the factors for success, what has not worked well and why, and draws out lessons for other countries.
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  Traditional pagoda associations and the emergence of civil society in Cambodia

  Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Cambodia, 2004

  This brief unpacks the relationship between social capital, traditional community institutions and decentralisation within rural Cambodia. It bases its review on a collaborative effort between GTZ Rural Development Programme (GTZ RDP) with pagoda associations in the district of Stoung, Kampong Thom province.

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