Best practice? Bare bones planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country the size of Western Europe – has suffered from years of kieptocracy, warfare and civil strife. As a result, development has suffered enormously: governance and the rule of law are weak, there are few roads and many facilities are dilapidated. A United...
| Publicado en: | International Development Planning Review Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 143 - 165 |
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Liverpool University Press / Journals
2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=102890729&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 102890729 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14746743 HCC jtl: International Development Planning Review issn: 14746743 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2015 vid: 37 iid: 2 pid: 39786 pub: Liverpool University Press / Journals artinfo: ui: 102890729 10.3828/idpr.2015.13 ppf: 143 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 9.1MB tig: atl: Best practice? Bare bones planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. aug: au: Martin, Richard su: United States. Agency for International Development Best practices Financial management Congo (Democratic Republic) politics & government Public-private sector cooperation sug: subj: United States. Agency for International Development Portfolio Management Best practices Financial management Congo (Democratic Republic) politics & government Public-private sector cooperation keyword: action planning best practice Citizen Report Cards development planning governance public private partnerships action planning best practice Citizen Report Cards development planning governance public private partnerships ab: The Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country the size of Western Europe – has suffered from years of kieptocracy, warfare and civil strife. As a result, development has suffered enormously: governance and the rule of law are weak, there are few roads and many facilities are dilapidated. A United States Agency for International Development project working with twelve local governments provides a useful example of the applicability (or lack thereof) of best pradice in local planning, financial management and citizen involvement, and how sources of best practice potentially applicable to the project were identified and evaluated. This is contrasted with the objective of making development support replicable within the local context and therefore providing a sustainable model. Details are given of the practices finally adopted and implemented – preparing action plans for local government, introducing improved financial management practices with citizen participation and introducing participatory budgeting and Citizen Report Cards. The analysis considers the difference between the additive nature of 'best practice' and the pragmatic methodology adopted, which is essentially reductive – reducing, that is, practices to the bare minimum to achieve the required result. This approach cannot be presented as best practice, but it worked. When procedures are developed to achieve certain objectives, they have to be considered from the point of view, and financial capacity, of the users. What works for this particular constituency may fall far short of best practice, but it may nevertheless be effective in enabling real change and development. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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