Participation a sign of good governance in the beginning citizen participation was made to focus on governance (Peters, 2000). it is assumed that the governance resulting from active citizen participation is more democratic and effective. Good governance is different than democracy, the later strengthens the first. Good governance is a broad term that includes participation, decentralization, reducing poverty, human rights, human and sustainable development (Piffero,2009). good governance works to benefit the
Corruption and Poverty This review found that few studies examine or establish a direct relationship between corruption and poverty.4 Corruption, by itself, does not produce poverty. Rather, corruption has direct consequences on economic and governance factors, intermediaries that in turn produce poverty. Thus, the relationship examined by researchers is an indirect one. Two models emerge from the research literature. The ”economic model” postulates that corruption affects poverty by first
upon its diverse street life and urban designing. In this almost all-inclusive city, we could find highly-planned boulevards and viaducts extending in all directions that link up all parts of the international city, which is a practical application of the political scientist and anthropologist James C. Scott’s state-driven urban planning. Spontaneously, numerous shopping centers and urban central parks provide residents and visitors with reasons to be imposed to urban streets life, where we can find
dSmart City as a Key Strategy to Improve the Urban Quality of Life: A Bottom-Up Approach Towards Building an Inclusive Smart City (Case study: Mashhad, Iran) PhD Proposal, Jamileh Montazer Torbati Introduction The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development in the past few decades has altered the urban environment in every aspect. Urban dwellers are definitely experiencing a new lifestyle, with smart phones, apps and social networks. Smart gadgets are entering our lives as well as
feature in African progress has been the development of stronger states with better governance and more effective institutions. The
therefore examines the philosophical consideration, political beliefs and values which constitute the theory or principles of Local government. An analysis of the principles or theories of Local government is important because it gives an insight with what the system is all about, and this helps in throwing more light for better understanding of the subject matter itself. Generally speaking, theory in reclaim to Local government is essentially an explicit statement above the ends and propose local
duration of intervention, or different systems most of which are inherently heterogeneous among other factors. She ascertains that Africa has been bedeviled with several factor such as the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS; civil war, strive and poor governance; frequent drought and famine; and agricultural dependency on the climate and environment all of contributes to Africa’s food insecurity which has ever been on the increase since 1970. She further identifies several other challenges to food security
When it comes to human-snake conflict, it is not restricted to certain pockets of habitat alone but is one of the most widespread and occurs in both remote villages with scare population and densely populated urban areas. India has roughly 270 species of snakes out of which 60 are highly venomous. An estimated 0.8 million snake bites result in around 50,000 deaths and tens of thousands of amputations every year in the country. India is home to 13 snake varieties
Regional Development Italy has been massively influenced by Post-Fordist systems of economic production and has thus shaped regional development. The area known as “The Third Italy” is characterized by a high degree of inter-firm coordination and integration (Van Egeraat, 2002). The origins of Post-Fordism can be traced back to Italy, many believe this is where Post-Fordism was founded, by two industrial sociologists, Piore and Sabel (Rikowski, 2008). Jessop (und.) has made the arguments that regions
is still considered as a ‘dirty area’ from which women needs to be protected. Also women are considered to be following social norms which would dictate them there domestic role. Despite these challenges women has made a remarkable mark in the governance. There has been huge international emphasis on introduction of quotas for women so that they can participate in the various decision making positions in both social as well as political field. To resurrect