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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Local accountability"”.
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Local accountability : the role of attribution, institutions, and communication
How do people hold local governments accountable? My dissertation shows how cognitive and perceptual biases, as well as electoral institutions and strategic communication, can hinder voters' ability to hold government accountable. I gather data on local politics -- a level of government that people …
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Developing guidelines to promote community participation and local accountability for pregnant women’s access to basic antenatal care in Mpumalanga Province South Africa
… study sought to collect empirical evidence on local perceptions, needs, views on and experiences of antenatal care services, community participation and local accountability for health in Bushbuckridge sub-District, Mpumalanga Province with a view of promoting basic antenatal care. The …
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Community Planning, Community Safety and Policing: a local case study of governance through partnership
The Local Government in Scotland Act (2003) introduced Community Planning as a statutory responsibility in Scotland. The main aims of community planning are described as “making sure people and communities are genuinely engaged in the decisions made on public services which affect them; allied to a …
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How local can government go? : lessons from fiscal decentralization in Uganda
… tax, has improved at the sub-county level of local government under Uganda's ambitious decentralization process. Improved collection is attributed to better enforcement, local retention of tax receipts, and smaller jurisdictions. Expenditure of these funds varies, more often than not going to …
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The Impact of Louisiana INTECH Professional Development on Elementary School Leaders' Perceptions of Change and Student Achievement
… and resources must be aligned to meet state and local accountability expectations, this state-sponsored technology integration professional development model must be examined. Significant resources are expended supporting INTECH training across the state. Louisiana's educational leaders need data …
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Essays on Political Institutions and Institutional Design
… against expropriation, particularly at the local level, and a class of politicians that can be trusted to represent well the interests of voters. We also show that the poor groups of the population are more likely to vote for the presidential regime since the low quality of their local …
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Community Radio Broadcasting and Local Governance Participation in Ghana: A Study of Simli Radio in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region.
… explores the nexus between community radio and local community participation in decentralized local governance in the Ghanaian context. It is based on a case study of the Kumbungu District in the Northern region. Ghana has implemented a local government programme under its decentralised reforms …
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A critical analysis of decentralization in Zimbabwe: focus on the position and role of a Provincial Governor
… representative and participatory democracy, accountability, devolution and empowerment, as ideals of decentralization. This contribution examines provincial governance in Zimbabwe as part of the local government system.
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Empirical essays in development economics: Evidence from Bolivia
… delivery by promoting voice, transparency, and accountability among grassroots organizations. The experiment consists of randomly providing municipal governments with a mailing tracking system, which provides public officials and grassroots organizations real-time information about the …