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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"local institutions"”.
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Newark 2000 : local institutions for urban revitalization
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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Making decentralization work : building local institutions in Cambodia
… by working through established provincial and local development structures on a pilot basis in five Cambodian provinces. It provided grants to target communes and selected sector along with the introduction of decentralized systems and mechanisms and the provision of capacity building at …
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Natural flood management applications (NFM): the role of local institutions
… of adequate, flood management solution locally with damaging implications for vulnerable communities. The existences of weak institutional structures with poor coordination of the lead agency to effect change are identified as problematic within this context. Findings highlight a …
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Local institutions in common property resources: a case study of community-based watershed management in Northern Thailand
… management (CBWM) in Northern Thailand examines local institutions as an alternative to solve free rider problems in the commons. Four different communities--Ban Luang, Silalaeng, Thung Khao Hang, and Ban Pae--were selected for study. Field data was collected by participant observation, …
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The effect of water policy implementation at the local community in Zambia: Examining the role of national and local institutions concerning Zambezi
To capture the ‘real world’ experience of institutions and policy within the Zambezi rural basin, the study highlights differences in perceptions of the policy and institutions of the water sector between those involved in management of the water sector and those using water for their livelihoods. …
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AGROPASTORAL AND PASTORAL SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF MKATA PLAINS, KILOSA DISTRICT AND NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA, NGORONGORO DISTRICT, TANZANIA
… Area in order to determine the role of local institutions in the management of common grazing lands. Specifically the study aimed at determining trends in land-use and resource tenure; establish strength of local institutions; determine factors determining resource-use conflicts in the …
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Environmental governance and implications of small-scale logging: the case of the indigenous groups in the Ampiyacu Basin in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon
… overview of small-scale logging and the role of local institutions in the management of timber resources. This study provides insight into the local institutions that govern the use of timber resources and the timber extraction practices of indigenous communities in Amazonia. Timber extraction …
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Central-local government relations in Pakistan since 1979
… thesis explores the pattern of relationship of local government institutions in Pakistan with the higher level of governments, particularly with the provincial governments, under whose jurisdictional purview they fall. Pakistan is a federation where the provinces are empowered to legislate on …
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Suffering and surviving beyond home borders: experiences of Zimbabwean migrant women in accessing health care services in Giyani, South Africa
… use strategies such as marriage, social capital, local institutions and indigenous knowledge. These strategies act as safety nets in times of health shocks and stresses for both women and their unborn and born children. In terms of indigenous knowledge, women depend on traditional medicines from …
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Lived experiences of Zimbabwean labour migrants in the informal economy in Urban Cape Town during the COVID-19 pandemic
… to survive during the pandemic and the role local institutions played in enhancing the adaptation of migrants to the challenges that came with the COVID-19 was investigated. This qualitative study recruited 20 participants from Zimbabwe using purposive and snowball sampling. Face- to-face and …
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Essays on health economics and development policies
… In chapter 3, I address the impacts of societal local institutions and policies on the determination of fertility rates during early industrial times in Britain and Ireland. Chapter 1: Exposure to Malaria and Economic Development This chapter investigates the long-term relationship between early …
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Impacts of information technology on a local institution : transition of the public library in local communities
… about the use of information technology at local institutions, particularly focusing on information access and distribution. Public libraries, which are among the most common public institutions found in local communities, once enjoyed popularity and an important position in local …
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Coercion, Conversion and Counterinsurgency in Louis XIV's France
… the Crown's expectations with regard to local institutions, and (3) the impact and consequences of various coercive policies at the local level. The study shows that both the coercive inclination of Louis XIV and the coercive capacity of the French army have been overstated. This raises …
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Ways of contending : community organizing and development in neighborhood context
… ways that collective action produces changes in local political institutions. Using rich qualitative and extensive quantitative data from organizing campaigns by ten CDCs, I show how claims about the role of racial and ethnic difference in community, and about the need for conflict in creating …
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Enhancing Community to Come Up With A Strategy For Sustaining Development Achievements: A Case Of King’ori Community In Arumeru District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
… organizations have been perceived as appropriate institutions to bring about rapid changes in the community. Always, the challenge to both the community and the external funding partner has been the programmes’ sustainability. How would the community’s achieved impacts be sustained? This question …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… (getihu) to get a foothold and profit in the local market, particularly when general environs and local conditions brought about by contemporary urban transformations are unfavourable for these non-local petty entrepreneurs. By exploring the ways vendors (mainly men) make connections with …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… (getihu) to get a foothold and profit in the local market, particularly when general environs and local conditions brought about by contemporary urban transformations are unfavourable for these non-local petty entrepreneurs. By exploring the ways vendors (mainly men) make connections with …
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The Role of Violence in Hunt County, Texas, during Reconstruction
… conflict with the federal government and its local institutions. As a result, Unionist whites and freedmen found themselves to be the targets of groups of desperados committed to upholding the Southern Cause and ensuring the return of the conservative Democratic party to power in Texas …
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The Fog and the Cloud: The emergence and development of social incubators in cities. An analysis of the urban geography of social innovation
… involved. They are intrinsically bonded to the local systems where they are usually established by virtue of local institutions. However, the local impacts of these new typology of organizations have not yet been systematically investigated, leaving the topic uncovered by economic geography. …
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Localising Peacebuilding in South Sudan? A Case of Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
… Court, and the failure to recognize the role of local approaches and to incorporate them into peacebuilding intervention policies. This has resulted in failures to address the grievances and bitterness of war affected people and to reconcile divided communities. This study examines the potential …
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