Decentralization and the social economics of development : lessons from Kenya /
This book focuses on the experience of decentralization in rural Kenya and is presented in two parts under the following themes: (i) successes and failures of decentralization (chapters 2-6); and (ii) socioeconomic and institutional preconditions for successful decentralization (chapters 7-10). The...
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| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Decentralization and the social economics of development : an overview of concepts and evidence from Kenya / C.B. Barrett, A.G. Mude and J.M. Omiti
- A qualitative analysis of success and failure factors of agricultural cooperatives in central Kenya / J.K. Nyoro and I.K. Ngugi
- Institutional incompatibility and deregulation : explaining the dismal performance of Kenya's coffee cooperatives / A.G. Mude
- Decentralization, community-based organizations and access to agricultural extension services in eastern Kenya / G.L. Mugunieri and J.M. Omiti
- Access to and willingness to pay for, agricultural extension in western Kenya / E. Nambiro and J.M. Omiti
- Decentralization of pastoral resources management and its effects on environmental degradation and poverty : experience from northern Kenya / K. Munyao and C.B. Barrett
- Linkages between community, environmental, and conflict management : experiences from northern Kenya / G.O. Haro, G.J. Doyo and J.G. McPeak
- The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya : the KDA experience / S.M. Osterloh and C.B. Barrett
- The effects of farmer community group participation on rural livelihood in Kenya / D.M. Amudavi
- On economic transfers through social networks in Kenya's smallholder sector / H. Hogset.