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Local organizations in decentralized development : their functions and performance in India

Alsop, Ruth, Kurey, Bryan

2005

Overview

Local organizations have become key mechanisms in effective, fair, and sustainable resource management and development in India. This book adds empirical evidence to the debate on whether or not these functions are performed as expected. Based on research in three sectors in three states in India, the authors’ findings indicate that the design of and support for local organizations are often little more than rudimentary, resulting in less than adequate performance and raising serious sustainability concerns. Two debates dominate discourse on the roles of organizations. The first is a practical one on how to make local organizations function effectively. The second focuses on the relative roles of government organizations—both elected local governments and administrative line departments—and different forms of non-government organizations, including the private sector and community groups at the local level. This study suggests that these debates cannot be separated and indicates that sector-specific configurations of a plural organizational landscape, in which government, non-government, and private organizations are an integral part, are required for effective and sustainable development. Local Organizations in Development will be an invaluable resource for those concerned with the analysis, policy, and practice of development initiatives that seek to further decentralize governance and development. “A very good report, using a unique high quality database and sophisticated statistical techniques.”Professor François Vaillancourt, Economics DepartmentUniversité de Montréal “. . . one of the most comprehensive and balanced studies of the performance of local organizations in the context of decentralization programs . . .”Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research FellowInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.

• Publisher: The World Bank,World Bank Publications,Washington, DC: World Bank,World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO SERVICES / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / BENEFIT STREAMS / CAPACITY BUILDING / CASE STUDIES / CENTRAL GOVERNMENT / CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS / Charities / CHILD DEVELOPMENT / CITIZEN PARTICIPATION / CITIZENS / COLLECTIVE ACTION / COMMUNITY GROUPS / Community organization / CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK / CONFLICT RESOLUTION / CONTRIBUTIONS / DATA COLLECTION / Decentralization in management / DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES / DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS / DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS / DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS / DIRECT IMPACT / DONOR AGENCIES / DRINKING WATER / DRINKING WATER SUPPLY / EMPOWERMENT / FOCUS GROUPS / FOOD POLICY RESEARCH / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLDS / HUMAN RESOURCES / HUMAN RIGHTS / India / INFORMATION DISSEMINATION / INFORMATION SHARING / LOCAL COMMUNITIES / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / LOCAL GOVERNMENTS / LOCAL LEVEL / LOCAL MANAGEMENT / LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS / MAINTENANCE OF WATER / MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS / NEEDS ASSESSMENTS / NGO / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS / OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS / Organizational effectiveness / ORGANIZATIONAL RULES / PANCHAYATS / PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS / PRIVATE SECTOR / PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION / RANDOM SAMPLING / REGULAR MEETINGS / RESEARCH FINDINGS / RESEARCH INSTITUTE / RESEARCH TEAM / RESOURCE ALLOCATION / RURAL APPRAISAL / Rural development / RURAL DRINKING WATER / RURAL WATER / RURAL WATER SUPPLY / Rural women / SAMPLING FRAMEWORK / SANITARY FACILITIES / SANITATION / SANITATION SECTOR / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICE PROVIDERS / SOCIAL CONTEXT / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / TRAINING PROGRAMS / TRANSPARENCY / Water-supply, Rural / Watershed management / WATERSHEDS
• ISBN: 0821363123, 9780821363126, 9780821363133, 0821363131