Participation, Decentralization and Human Rights : A Review of Approaches for Strengthening Voice and Accountability in Local Governance
This report examines the theoretical and practical synergies between three intervention models that are currently being employed to improve local governance in developing countries: 1) democratic decentralization or devolution; 2) community partici...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919321468152080398/Participation-decentralization-and-human-rights-a-review-of-approaches-for-strengthening-voice-and-accountability-in-local-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28273 |
Summary: | This report examines the theoretical and
practical synergies between three intervention models that
are currently being employed to improve local governance in
developing countries: 1) democratic decentralization or
devolution; 2) community participatory approaches, and; 3)
rights-based approaches. The aim is to identify the
possibilities and challenges of an 'integrative
approach' to local governance that combines the
strengths of each of the three intervention models. It is
assumed that an integrative approach can help enhance
efforts to improve the downward accountability of local
governments, enhance equity in the distribution of services
and in various citizens' access to influence, and
increase citizen participation in local governance
processes. This is supported by a number of empirical cases
from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Bosnia-Herzegovina,
which are presented in the report. Each case also highlights
a number of context-specific challenges to using an
integrative approach, such as available financial resources,
national policy environments and local conflicts. The report
fills this gap by both identifying theoretical synergies and
by drawing on the few empirical cases that exist. |
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