Ownership of international peacebuilding programmes by local governance institutions: case study of Gulu district in Northern Uganda

Public governance and income inequality relationship is complex and debatable. This paper examines the extent to which the quality of local governance affects inequality in Vietnam spanning the 2006–2016 period. I apply a generalized method of moments (GMM) estimators to a dynamic panel data extracted from the Vietnam’s provincial competitiveness index and the Vietnam household living standard surveys. The findings are that there is a positive inequality — corruption link but no statistically significant correlation coefficient between the overall level of governance and income disparity. The study, therefore, suggests that the Vietnamese Government at all levels should consider both more effective legal practices and economic low-cost solutions to mitigate corruption.

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Enabling Democratic Local Governance through Rural E-Municipalities in Kyrgyzstan

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development - E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4090-0.ch002 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 34-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zamira Dzhusupova

Keyword(s):

Local Governance ◽

Real Life ◽

National Development ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Careful Consideration ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Life Project ◽

Development Context

This chapter presents a case study on rural e-municipalities in Kyrgyzstan as an enabling tool for facilitating and supporting democratic local governance. The authors examine the case based on their action research and discuss key findings in terms of challenges of implementing and sustaining ICT-enabled local governance observed throughout the life cycle of the real life project. The case presentation is guided by the conceptual framework built on an extensive literature review. Key findings and lessons drawn from this case study can guide policy makers and practitioners in other developing countries in designing and implementing similar initiatives with careful consideration of national development context, enabling political, administrative, and legal environment, governance structure and decentralization policies, institutional framework, and strength of rural municipalities and local communities. This chapter’s possible contribution to research includes improving understanding of the implementation and sustainability issues of rural e-municipality as one of the critical e-governance initiatives at the grassroots level.

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Local Governance for Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Chandigarh (Union Territory), India

Sustainable Waste Management: Policies and Case Studies ◽

10.1007/978-981-13-7071-7_8 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 91-105

Author(s):

Ramanjit Kaur Johal ◽

Amanjot Kaur

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Local Governance ◽

Union Territory

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Influence of Climatic Factors on Malaria Epidemic in Gulu District, Northern Uganda: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

Malaria Research and Treatment ◽

10.1155/2018/5482136 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ouma Simple ◽

Arnold Mindra ◽

Gerald Obai ◽

Emilio Ovuga ◽

Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Relative Humidity ◽

Malaria Control ◽

Malaria Infection ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Indoor Residual Spraying ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Maximum Temperature ◽

Northern Uganda ◽

Gulu District

Background. Globally, 15 countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, account for 80% of malaria cases and 78% of malaria related deaths. In Uganda, malaria is endemic and the mortality and morbidity due to malaria cause significant negative impact on the economy. In Gulu district, malaria is the leading killer disease among children <5 years. In 2015, the high intensity of malaria infection in Northern Uganda revealed a possible link between malaria and rainfall. However, available information on the influence of climatic factors on malaria are scarce, conflicting, and highly contextualized and therefore one cannot reference such information to malaria control policy in Northern Uganda, thus the need for this study. Methods and Results. During the 10 year’s retrospective study period a total of 2,304,537 people suffered from malaria in Gulu district. Malaria infection was generally stable with biannual peaks during the months of June-July and September-October but showed a declining trend after introduction of indoor residual spraying. Analysis of the departure of mean monthly malaria cases from the long-term mean monthly malaria cases revealed biannual seasonal outbreaks before and during the first year of introduction of indoor residual spraying. However, there were two major malaria epidemics in 2015 following discontinuation of indoor residual spraying in the late 2014. Children <5 years of age were disproportionally affected by malaria and accounted for 47.6% of the total malaria cases. Both rainfall (P=0.04) and relative humidity (P=0.003) had significant positive correlations with malaria. Meanwhile, maximum temperature had significant negative correlation with malaria (P=0.02) but minimum temperature had no correlation with malaria (P=0.29). Conclusion. Malaria in Gulu disproportionately affects children under 5 years and shows seasonality with a generally stable trend influenced by rainfall and relative humidity. However, indoor residual spraying is a very promising method to achieve a sustained malaria control in this population.

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The Governance Divide in Global Corporate Responsibility: The Global Structuration of Reporting and Certification Frameworks, 1998–2017

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/0170840619830131 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (6) ◽

pp. 821-854

Author(s):

Shawn Pope ◽

Alwyn Lim

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Corporate Responsibility ◽

Local Governance ◽

Global Culture ◽

Governance Model ◽

Quantitative Analyses ◽

The Cross ◽

Governance Institutions ◽

Country Specific ◽

Cross National

In recent decades, as worldwide attention to corporate responsibility increased, the global corporate responsibility (GCR) movement did not converge on a singular governance model nor hybridize into myriad country-specific models. The movement, rather, bifurcated into onerous certification frameworks and more lax reporting frameworks. We examine this ‘governance divide’ in the GCR movement by investigating the cross-national diffusion of seven core GCR frameworks. We adopt a glocalization perspective that conceptualizes a vertical nesting of local and global contexts. Our cross-national quantitative analyses suggest that, while linkages to global culture have encouraged business participation in all GCR frameworks, power dependencies related to international trade and domestic factors related to effectiveness of local governance institutions have contributed to divergent diffusion patterns across reporting and certification frameworks. We discuss these findings in relation to several organizational perspectives and note their implications for further research on corporate responsibility.

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