Exit the State: Decentralization and the Need for Local Social, Political, and Economic Considerations in Water Resource Allocation in Madagascar and Kenya1

Marcus, Richard R.; Onjala, Joseph

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“…Dreher and Fischer (2008), in a cross-country analysis of the effects of decentralization, reported that decentralization acted as a disincentive for transnational terror. Marcus and Onjala (2008) in a study of the decentralization in Ambovombe District (Madagascar) and Tana River District (Kenya) report that decentralization with community participation holds the potential to increase accountability of the resource management process, improve governance and leadership accountability, and maximize resources in a sustainable fashion.…”

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The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana

Adams

Taabazuing

2015

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

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This article explores the functioning of the decentralized structures in Wenchi district of Ghana with the view of generating deeper insights into the interplay between decentralization outcomes and prevailing social, economic, and cultural realties of the people. Data were collected from both secondary and primary sources. The main findings of the study indicate that sub-district structures do not provide an effective platform for citizen participation. Elections were found to primarily be an instrument for demanding accountability from assembly members. Finally, field services were found not to be responsive to the needs of citizens.

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Section: Theoretical and Empirical Literaturementioning

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The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana

Adams

Taabazuing

2015

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

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“…Although community participation and management seems to be a useful tool for sustainable rural water resources management [22][23][24]. In the current study, it was observed that most of the sustainability related problems were mainly due to poor community management as also was reflected by PLS model, indicating that organization issue has a great load on project sustainability ( Figure 5).…”

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Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Ibrahim¹

2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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In the current paper, the sustainability of community-based water supply projects in four different states in Sudan was assessed using a set of multidimensional indicators. A sustainability index was developed using a set of sustainability criteria including technical, reliability/risk, social, organisational, financial as well as sustainability. Basic sustainability criteria were selected based on literature review and stakeholders discussion. For each criterion a set of observable indicators was identified, in total 23 indicators were identified. Furthermore, a detailed statistical analysis and model development was carried out to identify main sustainability determinants for community-based water supply projects in Sudan. Partial least squares-path modelling was used to determine and quantify relationships between the sustainability criteria. The results showed that although all analyzed projects were relatively young projects (1 to 4 years), all projects showed low sustainability performance. This was mainly due to organizational as well as financial aspects, which also was confirmed by path modeling analysis, the sustainability of community-based water supply projects was directly related to organizational aspects, but indirectly related to financial issues. There is a need to give more attention to the communities' organizational and financial abilities and to leverage their ability through governmental and/or non-governmental organization support especially after project implementation phase.

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“…The experience of Singapore shows that, although it started to decentralize some HRM elements in 1983, it was only in 1995 that the government gave the civil service organizations substantial freedom or discretion on issues related to HR activities. This restabilization, in turn, strengthened monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and centralized some previously decentralized HR functions since the late 1990s to keep the civil service unified (also see Marcu & Onjala, 2008;Siggelkow & Levinthal, 2003). a closer examination of Table 1 also indicates that decentralization of HR functions was needed in the 1980s mainly because of competition from the private sector, the supply of new management ideas, global economic forces, and budget cuts (e.g., Moore, 1996;Perry, Mesch, & Paarlberg, 2006;Reeves, 2006;Rockwell, 2005;Shafritz et al, 2001).…”

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Decentralization of HR Functions

Tessema

Soeters

Ng’oma

2009

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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In the past two decades, nearly every country in the world has felt the urge to decentralize some of its human resource (HR) functions. This article uses Singapore as a case study to illustrate how this urge has been addressed in civil service reforms during the past two decades. In so doing, the article also highlights the necessity as well as the theoretical and practical implications of the decentralization process to the organizational arrangement of HR functions in the civil service of Singapore. The article concludes that, as countries seek to decentralize HR functions in the civil service, understanding how this process works is cardinal to enhancing coordination and the efficient delivery of public services. For without this understanding, it is not possible to determine which functions must be decentralized and which ones must not be. Some popular myths and misconceptions about decentralization are also explored.

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Exit the State: Decentralization and the Need for Local Social, Political, and Economic Considerations in Water Resource Allocation in Madagascar and Kenya1

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana

The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana

Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Decentralization of HR Functions

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