I would like to know is there any evidences on how improved governance of local institutions (such as cooperatives, farmer groups, forest groups, irrigation groups and other self-help groups) contributes to livelihoods improvement of poor. Great, if I can receive any publications around it.
See some cases in the publication below.
Book Community Governance Practices
Logically one could assume that such is happening, but thre details are what matters. Poor people are often not able to express their concerns, NGOs not always represent them in a prpoper way, and they remain margianlized even when proper processes are followed. So governance in a formal sense is often not enough, what is needed is empowerment, which is actually different from governance.
M.Rezaul Islam (auth.)
NGOs, Social Capital and Community Empowerment in Bangladesh [1 ed.]
978-981-10-1746-9, 978-981-10-1747-6
Palgrave Macmillan
2016
Toyin Falola, Jamaine Abidogun (eds.)
Education, Creativity, and Economic Empowerment in Africa
978-1-349-49395-1, 978-1-137-43850-8
Palgrave Macmillan US
2014
Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda (auth.)
Indigenousness in Africa: A Contested Legal Framework for Empowerment of 'Marginalized' Communities [1 ed.]
9067043338, 9789067043335
T.M.C. Asser Press
2011
Patrick Kilby
NGOs in India: The Challenges of Women's Empowerment and Accountability (Routledge contemporary South Asia series 35) [1 ed.]
0415544300, 9780415544306, 9780203842720, 0203842723
Taylor & Francis
2010
Deepa Narayan-Parker
Directions in Development
Empowerment and poverty reduction: a sourcebook
0821351664, 9780821351666
World Bank Publications
2002
James Mayers, Stephen Bass, Jag Maini
Earthscan Forestry Library
Policy That Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods [illustrated edition]
9781844070961, 1844070964
Earthscan Publications Ltd.
2004
Kempe Ronald Hope Sr.
Poverty, Livelihoods, and Governance in Africa: Fulfilling the Development Promise [First Edition]
0230608345, 9780230608344, 9780230615526
2008
François Molle, Tira Foran, Mira Käkönen
Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance
1844077071, 9781844077076, 9781441617385
Routledge
2009
Bob Hendriks
Urban Livelihoods, Institutions and Inclusive Governance in Nairobi. 'Spaces' and Their Impacts on Quality of Life, Influence and Political Rights
9056296361, 9789056296360
Amsterdam University Press
2010
Abdul-Mumin Abdulai, Elmira Shamshiry (auth.)
Linking Sustainable Livelihoods to Natural Resources and Governance: The Scale of Poverty in the Muslim World [1 ed.]
978-981-287-052-0, 978-981-287-053-7
Springer-Verlag Singapur
2014
Hi, here are three books which put local governance to a global context:
https://unu.edu/publications/books/local-economic-development-a-geographical-comparison-of-rural-community-restructuring.html
https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7503
https://www.routledge.com/Transformation-of-Resource-Towns-and-Peripheries-Political-economy-perspectives/Halseth/p/book/9781138960893
There is a lot of anecdotal evidence on this in India, but I'm not sure if there is any research done and published on the subject.
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