Andrae, Gunilla | 2010
- Author(s): Andrae, Gunilla
- Publisher: Association Euro-Africaine pour l'anthropologie du changement social et du développement] (APAD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, accountability, water supply, informal sector, institution building, democracy, nigeria
The case of informal water supply near Kano, Nigeria, is used to highlight an expanding form of service provision in African cities and the democratic problems associated with it. Users are increasingly dependent on neo-traditional politics, rather than democratically controlled institutions.
Anger, Barnes | 2010
- Author(s): Anger, Barnes
- Publisher: Canadian center of science and education (CCSE)]
- Pages: 138--144
- Keywords: local government, poverty alleviation, development strategies, development planning, decentralization in government, nigeria
This paper analyses the effect of eradicating poverty in Nigeria via the instrumentality of the MDGs and concludes that government at various levels must come up with genuine poverty reduction programmes if the challenges of poverty must be tackled.
Ango, A.K. | 2012
- Author(s): Ango, A.K.
- Publisher: Wilolud journals
- Pages: 36--45
- Keywords: community participation, community development, youth, local government, civil society, nigeria
Youth associations clearly contribute towards community development in a local government area in Nigeria. Although poorly financed, they not only help improve the standard of living in the area, but also contribute to political awareness and mobilize people on the importance of community efforts.
Anseeuw, Ward and Bending, Tim and Wilson, David and Domenico, Aldo di | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Anseeuw, Ward and Bending, Tim and Wilson, David and Domenico, Aldo di
- Publisher: International land coalition (ILC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: poverty, land rights, governance, social ethics, food security, land acquisition
The characteristics, drivers and impacts and trends of rapidly increasing commercial pressures on land are examined. One of the conclusions is that the poor are bearing disproportionate costs, but reaping few benefits, because of poor governance.
Antwi-Boasiako, Kwame Badu | 2010
- Author(s): Antwi-Boasiako, Kwame Badu
- Publisher: Academic journals
- Pages: 166--175
- Keywords: decentralization in government, legislation, legitimacy of governments, public administration, elections, democracy, ghana
This paper makes a case for local government elections at district and regional level and recommends constitutional amendments to allow locals to elect their own public officials as an alternative to the current appointment practices by the central government of Ghana.