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    Making the connection - decentralising the management of health information in low- income countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    How does the shift towards decentralisation of health services in low-income countries affect the way in which health information is managed? Researchers from the University of Sheffield investigated the effects of the introduction of a new health management information system (HMIS) into primary healthcare (PHC) and how it affected the role of local managers.
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    Democracy and development: time to put politics back into poverty eradication?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Is there evidence that democracy is needed to sustain economic growth? What are the links between good governance and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)? Could international institutions benefit from an injection of democracy?
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    Decentralisations in practice in Southern Africa

    Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003
    Different forms of decentralisation are occurring in parallel, and often in ways that cause confusion, ambiguity, high transaction costs and conflict, in southern Africa.These case studies in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how: political authorities with downward accountability to electorates co-exist and sometimes conflict with decentralised service delivery (through line m
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    Determinants of decentralisation within Russian regions

    Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, 2003
    What are the explanations for variation in the extent of decentralisation across Russia? This research attempts to empirically explore the extent and variation of fiscal decentralization in the sub-national sector in Russia and to explain this variation by way of regional characteristics.
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    Decentralization and local government in Bolivia: an overview from the bottom up

    Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2003
    This paper examines the case of Bolivia to explore the effect of decentralisation on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation.
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    Decentralisation in Uganda: is the jury still out?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Decentralisation is trendy. Enthusiasts in donor agencies and academia see political legitimacy, democratisation, economic efficiency, lean government and poverty reduction as likely consequences of a decentralised government. Yet, is there hard evidence that decentralisation delivers the goods?
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    Poverty reduction policy in Uganda: who pays the piper?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Uganda has won international praise for its commitment to tackling poverty, but what is the nature of the policy processes behind these poverty reduction initiatives? What are the strengths, weaknesses and power dynamics involved in the processes whereby poverty reduction policies are developed and implemented? Who are they shaped by? Who is included and on what terms?
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    A shared vision: missed learning opportunities to institutionalise participation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Institutionalisation of participation may now be an agreed development goal but do we know how to create the right environment for this? Do donors and national partners pursue the same agenda? Can current assumptions about organisational learning about participation stand up to close examination? What dynamics determine what is to be learned, by whom, how and for what purpose?
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    Probing participation - lessons from the Sahel

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How do individuals and organizations learn to participate? Can attitudes and behaviour patterns change in order to institutionalise a participatory approach to development? How can experience derived from NGO-community partnerships be scaled up to help make local government more responsive?
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    Behind the headlines - livelihoods in southeast Zimbabwe

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Zimbabwe stands at the crossroads. The economy is in meltdown, buffeted by structural adjustment, the AIDS epidemic, Zimbabwe’s involvement in the DRC war and political turmoil over the land question. As life becomes ever more precarious, what livelihood strategies are open to rural people? Can recent institutional interventions improve the livelihoods of vulnerable Zimbabweans?

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