03452nam 2200649Ia 450 991044634060332120200520144314.01-280-95304-797866109530421-84593-270-6(CKB)1000000000337452(EBL)312878(OCoLC)181158599(SSID)ssj0000135780(PQKBManifestationID)11144261(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135780(PQKBWorkID)10062163(PQKB)10408608(MiAaPQ)EBC312878(Au-PeEL)EBL312878(CaPaEBR)ebr10188911(CaONFJC)MIL95304(EXLCZ)99100000000033745220070227d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDecentralization and the social economics of development lessons from Kenya /edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti1st ed.Wallingford CABI20071 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-269-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: An Overview of Concepts and Evidence from Kenya; Part I: Successes And Failures of Decentralization in Rural Kenya; 2 A Qualitative Analysis of Success and Failure Factors of Agricultural Cooperatives in Central Kenya; 3 Institutional Incompatibility and Deregulation: Explaining the Dismal Performance of Kenya's Coffee Cooperatives; 4 Decentralization, Community-based Organizations and Access to Agricultural Extension Services in Eastern Kenya5 Access to, and Willingness to Pay for, Agricultural Extension in Western Kenya 6 Decentralization of Pastoral Resources Management and Its Effects on Environmental Degradation and Poverty: Experience from Northern Kenya; Part II: Socioeconomic And Institutional Preconditions for Successful Decentralization; 7 Linkages between Community, Environment and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya; 8 The Unfulfilled Promise of Microfinance in Kenya: The KDA Experience; 9 The Effects of Farmer Community Group Participation on Rural Livelihood in Kenya10 On Economic Transfers Through Social Networks in Kenya's Smallholder Sector Index;Examining the successes, failures, possibilities and limitations of efforts across rural Kenya, this book analyses the socioeconomic and institutional prerequisites for decentralization, and the role of community groups and producer organizations in reducing poverty and promoting empowerment.Rural developmentKenyaDecentralization in governmentKenyaKenyaEconomic conditionsKenyaSocial conditionsRural developmentDecentralization in government338.96762Barrett Christopher B(Christopher Brendan)319494Mude Andrew G940933Omiti John940934MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446340603321Decentralization and the social economics of development2121987UNINA