This paper argues that good, local-level mechanisms for environmental governance are not only likely to lead to productive natural resource management practices that improve the productivity of local rural economies and increase economic growth, but also to increase awareness of the importance of environmental issues, enhance local responsibilities and accountability and, finally, strengthen local democracy.
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June 1, 2004
Category: Natural Resource Management
Practice Area: Local Development
Lands of the Poor
Local Environmental Governance and the Decentralization of Natural Resources
January 1, 2004
Practice Area: Inclusive Finance
Microfinance In the Arab States
Building inclusive financial sectors
This paper was produced with the support of the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries: Sanabel, which, together with its country affiliates, did the extensive yearend 2002 survey and the year-end 2003 mini-survey. This survey is the third in a series of publications documenting the state of microfinance in the Arab States Region and tracking the development of this young industry over time. It attempts to map out the major suppliers of microfinance in the region and highlight the challenges and opportunities present for developing a mature industry.
January 1, 2004
Category: Infrastructure and service delivery
Practice Area: Local Development
Local Government Initiative
Pro-poor Infrastructure and Service Delivery in Asia
This report - like the case studies it synthesizes - is founded on three assumptions: firstly, that poverty in Asia is still – and despite rapid urbanization - primarily rural (in numbers and in incidence); secondly, that rural local governments (LGs), despite their many weaknesses, have a potentially key role to play in the basic infrastructure and service delivery (ISD) which effective poverty reduction requires; but, thirdly, that the challenges for improving ISD through rural LGs are qualitatively much greater than through urban LGs, and that both these challenges - and also the opportunities – for making rural LGs more effective are poorly understood and documented.
September 1, 2003
Category: Policy and regulatory frameworks
Practice Area: Local Development
Empowering the Poor
Local Governance for Poverty Reduction
The UNCDF approach to poverty reduction should be viewed against the backdrop of the current international discourse on poverty. This document sets the stage, by identifying the main elements of the broad debate. The alleviation of poverty has, in recent years, become one of the highest priorities of international development. Concurrently, the definition of poverty has evolved together with a better understanding of the nature of poverty itself and its underlying determinants.
January 10, 2003
Category: Local Economic Development
Practice Area: Local Development
Local Government Initiative
Pro-poor Infrastructure and Service Delivery in Rural sub-Saharan Africa
The 4 case studies encapsulated in the synthesis in this publication, highlight the important roles that local governments play in fostering the pro-poor outcomes in terms of rural service delivery in the Africa region. Rural local governments are often ignored because of their structural weaknesses. These case studies show that they can make a meaningful and enduring contribution to poverty reduction through intensification of linkages between sector ministries and local governments, through improved local revenue mobilization, through improved planning and budgeting, operations and maintenance, and strengthened accountability.
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