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Decentralized Governance of Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa
by Esbern Friis-Hansen
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Based on fieldwork carried out in Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania and Ghana, this book shows how local governance institutions change the way that they work as they engage with climate change adaptation initiatives, and how the tendency of power and finance to be centralised at national level reduces the effectiveness and efficiency of real change on the ground.
The evidence of these studies is that central government and international projects are neither cost effective nor institutionally sustainable; what is needed is devolution of power and resources to the local level. It's time to turn the old mantra on its head - to think globally but act locally.
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Author Biography
2004-present - Senior researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies. 2007-2009 Team member for monitoring and evaluation of the EU financed ERA-ARD sub-programme Food & Energy 2007 Team leader for study of local governance and human rights. World Bank. 2006-2007 Team member for review of experience with Farmer Study Groups in East and Southern Africa. SIDA.
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- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date June 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781786390769 / 1786390760
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 85 GBP
- Pages160
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2017
- Dimensions244 X 172 mm
- Reference Code3942
