Format:
1 online resource (184 pages)
ISBN:
9780821363133
Content:
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.
Content:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- Background: Local Organizations and Decentralization -- Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- II. Performance of Mandated Functions -- Mandated Functions of Organizations -- Actual Functions Performed by Local Organizations -- Quality of Organizational Performance -- Summary -- III. Assets and Effective Organizational Performance -- Human and Material Assets -- Financial Assets -- Summary and Analysis of the Relationship Between Assets and Performance of Functions -- IV. Processes and Effective Organizational Performance -- Awareness of Rules -- Transparency and Information Availability -- Decision-Making Procedures -- Relationship Between Processes and Performance of Functions -- V. Linkages, Context, and Effective Organizational Performance -- Linkages -- Context -- Summary -- VI. Equity, Sustainability, and Organizational Performance -- Equity -- Sustainability -- Summary -- VII. Summary of Findings and Their Operational Implications -- Core Findings -- Core Design Issues -- Bibliography -- Annex -- Index -- Boxes -- Box 1 Main Categories of the Organizational Typology -- Box 2 Difficulties Working with Gram Panchayats -- Box 3 Quality of Human Assets Is Key -- Box 4 Transparency in Operation-or Not -- Box 5 The Importance of Good Transparency Mechanisms -- Box 6 Elite Capture -- Box 7 The Importance of Group-to-Group Linkages -- Box 8 Caste Differences Complicate Organizational Performance -- Figure -- Figure 1 Schematic Representation of the Conceptual Framework -- Tables -- Table 1 Mandated Functions of Organizations: Women's Development and Empowerment Sector (W), Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Sector (D), and Watershed Development Sector (H) -- Table 2 Functions Undertaken by Village-Level Local Organizations, Watershed Development Sector.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821363126
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821363126
Additional Edition:
Print version Local Organizations in Decentralized Development : Their Functions and Performance in India
Language:
English
