Understand, analyse and manage a decentralization process
Subtitle: the RED-IFO model and its use.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: Guidelines -- 2.; Institutions for Rural Development -- 2.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9789251056349
Subjects: Decentralization in government; Civil society; Rural development
Description: This publication has been written with a view to providing material for strengthening rural institutions. It provides a thorough overview of the decentralization process in rural development from the issue of state withdrawal and higher efficiency to the rise of civil society and its enhanced role in sustainable development. This balance between the state and civil society is explored in all dimensions (historical, conceptual and operational) in such a way as to avoid the risks of a badly managed decentralization process. Experience demonstrates that institutional voids and blocked support can have serious implications for the most vulnerable rural producers. Based on FAO's experience in various countries, the text proposes an analytical model of decentralization (RED-IFO) and describes management modalities and ongoing processes. Questionnaires, surveys and analytical tools are proposed to allow readers to follow and work on the process in their own countries. The document offers tools to take the lead in facing up to various dimensions of the problems of decentralization in rural development. It also proposes ways in which the RED-IFO model can be applied.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.