, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges … initiatives depends on more systemic governance reforms that address issues of stakeholder representation, mechanisms of …

effectiveness of reservation policies as an instrument for making rural service provision and local governance more gender equitable … gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the …

policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is … level governments or agencies. It consists of a transfer of public functions from higher tiers to lower tiers of governance. …

implement due to governance challenges related to elite capture, leakages, and corruption. The ability to identify how the … governance challenges of program implementation can be met requires detailed insights into the actual process of program … research method, referred to as Process-Influence Mapping, to shed light on these issues and related governance challenges …

across multiple dimensions, including people's livelihoods, the sustainability of the resource base, and the effectiveness of … governance to promote strategies and policies targeted toward the achievement of gender equity, poverty reduction, and …