Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development
Lessons from Kenya
Will be published approx. on 24. July 2007
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84593-269-5 (ISBN)
Description
There has been broad agreement in recent years that decentralization is key in achieving democracy at local level. Examining the successes, failures, possibilities and limitations of efforts across rural Kenya, this book analyses the socioeconomic and institutional prerequisites for successful decentralization, and the role of community groups and producer organizations in reducing poverty and promoting empowerment. Original empirical studies explore the fundamental elements of coherent, inclusive and ultimately effective decentralization, and how these can be applied to efforts across the African continent and beyond.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
662 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84593-269-5 (9781845932695)
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Content
1: Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: An Overview of Concepts and Evidence from Kenya, C B Barrett, A G Mude and J M Omiti PART I: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF DECENTRALIZATION IN RURAL KENYA 2: A Qualitative Analysis of Success and Failure Factors of Agricultural Cooperatives in Central Kenya, J K Nyoro and I Komo Ngugi, both Egerton University, Kenya 3: Institutional Incompatibility and Deregulation: Explaining the Dismal Performance of Kenya's Coffee Cooperatives, A G Mude 4: Decentralization, Community-Based Organizations and Access to Agricultural Extension Services in Eastern Kenya, G L Mugunieri, Kenya Agricultural Research Inst. (KARI), and J M Omiti 5: Access to and Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Extension in Western Kenya, E Nambiro, University of Bonn, Germany, and J M Omiti 6: Decentralization of Pastoral Resources Management and its Effects on Environmental Degradation and Poverty, Experience from Northern Kenya, K Munyao, World Vision, Canada and C B Barrett PART II: SOCIOECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL DECENTRALIZATION 7: Linkages Between Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya, G O Haro, GTZ/GEF Indigenous Vegetation Project, Kenya; G J Doyo, Arid Lands Resources Management Project, Kenya; and J G McPeak, Syracuse University, USA 8: The Unfulfilled Promise of Microfinance in Kenya: The KDA Experience, S M Osterloh, Edgewood College, USA; and C B Barrett 9: The Effects of Farmer Community Group Participation on Rural Livelihoods in Kenya, D M Amudavi, Egerton University and International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya 10: On Economic Transfers through Social Networks in Kenya's Smallholder Sector, H Hogset, Molde University College, Norway