"Asian countries have introduced major reforms and new institutional mechanisms to promote the engagement of elected local governments, civil society and the private sector. This book attempts to examine emerging issues in democratic local governance and factors that influenced the impetus for and the substance of reforms. It asks: What have been challenges in designing and implementing decentralization policies and programs? What are the constraints on strengthening citizen participation? What is the impact of reforms to promote gender and rights perspectives in local governance? What is the role of local government in service delivery and access? How effective have the mechanisms for accountability and transparency in local governance been? What are the driving forces influencing democratic local governance reform? This volume attempts to address these questions as it discusses studies from theoretical and comparative perspectives on specific issues as well as myriad cases across Asia, often dealing with country-specific reforms"--WorldCat
Promoting local governance through decentralization policies and programmes / James Manor -- The challenges of service delivery and access : the role of local governments / Kadmiel Wekwete -- Gender equality, local governance and state accountability : the challenge from Asia / Kamala Chandrakirana -- Local government associations worldwide : promoting democratic local governance / Anders Lidström -- First person, virtual and collective : the new participation in rising cities / Tim Campbell -- Decentralization and citizen participation in urban service delivery in India : is institutionalizing enough? / Priyam Das -- Democratic local governance in Indonesia : impacts of fiscal decentralization on provinces and Aceh / Wilmar Salim -- Democratic local government in Pakistan / Noman Ahmed -- Democratic local governance in Nepal : reforms and innovations / Dwarika N. Dhungel.

xvii, 211 p. : charts, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9789280812329
9789280872019 (e- ISBN)