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Institutionalising Citizen Participaion in Urban Governance

Ramanathan, Ramesh - eSocialSciences - 2006

roles and responsibilities, as well as active citizenship are like the two strands of the DNA of good public governance. And … of decentralised governance and straighten the inequity to the urban voter, through a citizen-led initiative for …

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Good Urban Governance as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Global Health

Krass, Frauke - eSocialSciences - 2007

Risk and chances of urban sustainability are presented. The new concepts of urban governance and its implications are …

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Manual for Integrated District Planning: Report of the Task Force of the Planning Commission

Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2014

This manual is a step by step guide to district planning which will assist planners at the local, district and State levels. District planning, by taking into account resources locally available, infrastructure status and gaps, the aims and vision of the local people and weighing options of lead...

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Policy Brief: OECD: Decentralisation in Asian Health Sectors: Friend or Foe?

Uchimura, Hiroko; Jütting, Johannes - eSocialSciences - 2006

help the poor if local resources, accountability and governance are in good shape. The process in China and India had …, decentralisation in Indonesia and the Philippines produced better health outcomes because they reformed healthcare funding. This is key … to successful pro-poor decentralisation.{OECD Development Centre Policy Insights No 18, May 2006] …

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Women in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation: A Study in the Context of the Debate on the Women's Reservation Bill

Lema-Rewal, Stephanie Tawa - eSocialSciences - 2008

This article presents the findings of a survey conducted in 2000 in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC), where quotas â€“ 33 per cent of seats - for women have been implemented since 1995. [CSH Occassional Paper No. 2]

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The Impact of Education Policy Reforms on the School System:A Field Study of EGS and Other Primary Schools in Madhya Pradesh

Leclercq, Francois - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper presents the results of fieldwork on rural primary schools of two districts of Madhya Pradesh, India, conducted from December 2001 to March 2002. Since the mid-1990â€™s, the government of this state has initiated reforms in the public primary school sector, by decentralising its...

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Decentralisation on Fallow and Fertile Ground: Preparing the Population for Democratic Self-Governance

Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2006

governance, but equity may suffer if elites capture decision making at the local level. What safeguards can help promote …

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Realising The Potential Of Panchayati Raj In India

Saxena, Naresh C. - eSocialSciences - 2005

Rural decentralisation and panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) are a profound change in the Indian rural institutional …, decentralisation can increase the fiscal burden on the states and lead to a breakdown in service delivery1, in particular to the poor … the reforms that are specific to panchayats and decentralisation. …

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Municipal Finance in India:An Assessment

Mohanty, P K; Mishra, B M; Goyal, Rajan; Jeromi, P D - eSocialSciences - 2008

This study, entitled â€œMunicipal Finance in India â€“ An Assessmentâ€, undertaken for the Development Research Group (DRG), Reserve Bank of India examines the performance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India. Using data from 35 Metropolitan Municipal Corporations, the study...

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Developing A Quantitiative Framework For Determining Devolution Of Funds From The State Government To Local Bodies

Pethe, Abhay; Karnik, Ajit - eSocialSciences - 2005

This paper is concerned with devising an approach to intergovernmental transfers, from State Governments to Urban Local Bodies. Our approach will comprise of five cardinal principles abbreviated as PEACE: (a) Political Feasibility (b) Equity (c) Adequacy (d) Computational Transparency and (e)...

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