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245 0 0 _aDecentralization and the social economics of development :
_blessons from Kenya /
_cedited by Christopher B. Barrett, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Andrew G. Mude, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, John M. Omiti.
264 1 _aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
_bCABI,
_c2007.
264 4 _c©2007
300 _a1 online resource (x, 230 pages) :
_billustrations, maps, charts
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
520 3 _aThis 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 text will be of interest to researchers and students in social sciences and development studies, and to policy makers in international aid agencies, non-governmental development organizations and government ministries. A subject index is included.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDecentralization 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.
506 _aAccess limited to subscribing institution.
530 _aAlso available in print format.
588 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed August 15, 2013).
650 0 _aDecentralization in government
_zKenya.
650 0 _aRural development
_zKenya.
651 0 _aKenya
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aKenya
_xEconomic conditions.
650 4 _aAgencies and Organizations.
650 4 _aSocial Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aRural Development, (New March 2000)
650 7 _aDecentralization.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDemocracy.
_2cabt
650 7 _aInstitutions.
_2cabt
650 7 _aLocal government.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRural areas.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRural development.
_2cabt
650 7 _aSocioeconomics.
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655 0 _aElectronic books.
690 _aDD100
690 _aUU485
690 _aUU850
700 1 _aMude, Andrew G.,
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aBarrett, Christopher B.
_q(Christopher Brendan),
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aOmiti, John,
_eeditor of compilation.
710 2 _aC.A.B. International,
_eissuing body.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tDecentralization and the social economics of development.
_dCambridge, MA : CABI, 2007.
_z9781845932695
_w(DLC)2007002114
856 4 0 _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845932695.0000
_zClick here to access resource
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