scholarly journals Local Government and Local Development: Bridging the Gap through Critical Discourse: Evidence from the Commonwealth Caribbean

2012 ◽  
pp. 5-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eris D Schoburgh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Organisational Capacity ◽  
Developmental Role

Local development, whether construed broadly as community development or more narrowly as local as economic development (LED) is not always associated with local government but rather is the purview of a central government department or agency in Anglophone Caribbean policy systems. However with the emergence of ‘local place - and people-oriented approaches’ to development that offer new propositions about how to respond to risks and opportunities brought by globalization, local government is seen increasingly as an appropriate institutional context in which to pursue short-range objectives, such as creation of market opportunities and redressing the disparities within national economies; as well as the long-range goal of social transformation. A developmental role for local government raises two questions that form the central concerns of this paper: What are the institutional and organisational imperatives of a developmental role for local government? To what extent have these imperatives been addressed in reform? A critical analysis of local government reform policies in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica revealed substantive convergence around local development as an outcome of reform but also important divergence in the approach to achieving this goal which suggests the absence of a cohesive model. The paper argues for a new agenda in reform that links local government more consistently with a local development strategy. It asserts that such a strategy must incorporate gender equality, the informal economy and institutional organisational capacity in the process of transformation and as a basis for creating a local context in which all types of resources can be maximized in the process of wealth creation in a locality.

The Impact of Local Government Organization on Development and Disparities — A Comparative Perspective

10.1068/c9865 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Razin
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Government Organization ◽  
The Impact

Results of the comparative study presented in this paper suggests that local government organization influences land-use planning, and local development strategies and disparities. Local government reforms can, therefore, serve to modify spatial patterns of development and disparities. Based on a review of studies made in the developed and the developing world, the author provides a comparative perspective on these influences. Five major dimensions of local government organization—territorial, functional, political autonomy, fiscal, and electoral—are used to define four extreme models of local government. The American self-government model leads to substantial inequalities and to considerable sprawl. The Western welfare-state model alleviates these problems somewhat, but at a cost to central government. Its positive impact is also dependent on norms of administration at the central level, whereas reduced competition over economic development has its negative sides. Developing-world-type centralism has no real advantages in terms of development or disparities. The developing-world decentralized model can be regarded as a transitional phase towards either the self-government or the welfare-state models. Its implementation has been partial; hence its impact has, so far, been rather small.

scholarly journals STRATEGI MENSINERGIKAN PROGRAM PENGEMBANGAN MASYARAKAT DENGAN PROGRAM PEMBANGUNAN DAERAH

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akmaruzzaman ◽  
Sumardjo ◽  
Himawan Hariyoga
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
The Government

Natuna regency is a rich area of natural resource products, but still includes underdeveloped areas in Riau Islands Province. Local governments have to make fundamental changes in building the infrastructure aspects, economic, and human resources to eliminate underdevelopment and reduce dependency on central government. The aims of this research are: (1). to evaluate the effectiveness and stakeholders’ perception of the CD program, in terms of participation and partnership; and (2) to formulate a strategy for synergizing the CD Program of Star Energy with the local government’s development program. The analytical methods that are used in this research are descriptive analysis and SWOT analysis. This research was undertaken in Palmatak Sub District and Siantan Sub District of Natuna District of Kepulauan Riau Province, from June until October, 2008. The results indicated that the government stakeholders perceived that the participation of the CD program’s beneficiaries was adequate, and that the partnership between Star Energy and the local government was inadequate. The result of SWOT analysis suggested that Star Energy needs to focus its CD program on sustainable activities, such as economic development and education programs. The strategy for increasing synergy with the local development programs is to intensify communication between the company and the local government through the formation of community development partnership forum.Keywords: Community Development (CD), Effectiveness, Policy Strategy

scholarly journals KEARIFAN LOKAL DALAM PEMBENTUKAN DAERAH OTONOMI BARU DI ERA OTONOMI DAERAH (STUDI KASUS: KEARIFAN LOKAL DI DAERAH APAU KAYAN KABUPATEN MALINAU)

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Muhammad Risal
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The People

This research is aim to explain how local wisdom could play an important role in shaping and forming a new autonomous region (DOB). It is shown that local wisdom in Apau Kayan is very influential in social, economic and cultural life of the people. Apart from that, this can be viewed as the implementation of assymetric decentralization where local government is given a broader authority by Central Government to regulate their own region according to existing local wisdom. In this sense, it is perceived as an effective way of incorporating local wisdom as an integral part of local development.

scholarly journals Decentralization by Devolution; Perceptions of Councilors on the Level of their Decision Making Authority in Local Government Experience from Tarime Town Council

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Political Decentralization ◽  
Government Experience ◽  
Democratic Decentralization

Early 1990s governments across the South have embarked on democratic decentralization reforms aimed at introducing and strengthening local governance because of its assumed potential to improve the delivery of public services and alleviate poverty. To comply with that international practice, in early 2000 Tanzania government decide embarked on an ambitious Local Government Reform Program that addressed Political decentralization. Political decentralization signaled the government’s commitment to enhance the decision making authority of local government councils on matters affecting local development including determining priorities for local development, land use, finance, service delivery and human resource management. This paper sought to find out whether the selected local government council led by councilors enjoys the development planning, and service delivery authority as established in the local government law. The findings have confirmed that the case study council enjoyed modest decision making authority in the areas of local development planning, selecting local development strategy, and enjoyed even greater authority over service delivery powers.

Local Government Borrowing Capacity: Legislative versus Market Approach in Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-209
Author(s):  
Vasja Rant ◽  
Mitja Čok ◽  
Gregor Rožman ◽  
Miroslav Verbič
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Market Sentiment ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Market Approach ◽  
Financing And Investment

In this article, we develop a new conceptual model for estimating local government borrowing capacity that combines a legislative and market approach. The model has wider applicability and is relevant for several stakeholders: for the local governments to determine their development financing potential, for the central government to balance local development needs with macroeconomic stability objectives, and for financial institutions and project, developers to tailor their products to the local financing and investment opportunities. We apply the model on selected local government units in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia and test the hypothesis that their relative (per capita) borrowing capacities differ. We find that the legislative borrowing capacity is more restrictive in Slovenia, while market limitations cap the borrowing capacity in Croatia and Serbia. Overall, Slovenian local government units have the highest relative (per capita) market borrowing capacity, followed by local government units in Croatia and Serbia. We also find evidence that market sentiment may be prohibitive for the borrowing of some units. Our results additionally indicate substantial unused local borrowing capacities in the analysed local government units.

scholarly journals PERAN PEMERINTAH PUSAT DALAM MEMPERKUAT DESENTRALISASI: KASUS JEPANG DAN PELAJARAN UNTUK INDONESIA (THE ROLE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN STRENGTHENING DECENTRALIZATION: CASE STUDY OF JAPAN AND LESSONS FOR INDONESIA)

1969 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Widodo W. Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Incentive System ◽  
National Governments ◽  
New Framework

The role of central government in strengthening sub-national governments is unquestionably vital. Principally, the central government also determines the degree of decentralization in a country. This paper tries to explore the role of central government in Japan in promoting local development through decentralization. There are some lessons that might adopted to build decentralization in Indonesia effectively. Firstly, central government needs to reinforce its commitment to transfer more powers to local government, and to reduce its intervention over local regulations. Secondly, the new framework of decentralization should oblige central government to provide economical incentive system in order to promote competition among local governments.Keywords: decentralization, role of central government, Japan, Indonesia.Tidak diragukan lagi bahwa peran pemerintah pusat dalam memperkuat pemerintah daerah sangat penting. Tingkat desentralisasi di suatu negara sangat ditentukan terutama oleh Pemerintah Pusat. Tulisan ini mencoba untuk mengeksplorasi peran pemerintah pusat di Jepang dalam mempromosikan pembangunan daerah melalui desentralisasi. Ada beberapa pelajaran yang mungkin dapat diadopsi untuk membangun desentralisasi yang lebih efektif di Indonesia. Pertama, Pemerintah Pusat perlu memperkuat komitmennya untuk mentransfer kewenangan yang lebih besar kepada pemerintah daerah, dan mengurangi intervensi atas peraturan atau regulasi daerah. Kedua, kerangka baru desentralisasi perlu mewajibkan pemerintah pusat untuk memberikan sistem insentif ekonomi dalam rangka mempromosikan kompetisi antar pemerintah daerah.Kata Kunci : desentralisasi, peran pemerintah pusat, Jepang, Indonesia.

scholarly journals Revitalisasi Cagar Budaya untuk Pengembangan Pariwisata di Kawasan van Dering Serukam

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Sabinus Beni ◽  
Blasius Manggu ◽  
Yosua Damas Sadewo ◽  
Thomas Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Village Leader ◽  
Long Time

ENGLISHThe hilltop is located at van Dering Hill commonly named van Dering Fortress by the nearest communities in Serukam Hamlet, Pasti Jaya Village, Samalatan Sub-district, Bengkayang District. This research aimed to describe the revitalization process of van Dering Fortress. This study used a qualitative approach. It carried on in the van Dering Serukam tourism area. Primary data were collected through interviews with community elders, village leader, and sub-district head. Next, the data were analyzed qualitatively. This study resulted that van Dering Fortress was broken about 90%. It happened for a long time since the Dutch have not left Serukam yet. Both local and central government have not yet to pay attention to van Dering Hilltop as a cultural heritage. The landowner of the location of Dutch Hilltop finally built a house on the foothill. This cultural heritage abandonment caused the loss of historical asset during Dutch colonization. Van Dering revitalization was assumed to bring positive impacts for tourism development in Bengkayang District. Then, it could increase the local government income, so that it can support economic growth and local development. INDONESIAPos intai Belanda yang terletak di Bukit Van Dering biasa disebut Benteng van Dering oleh masyarakat Dusun Se-rukam merupakan salah satu peninggalan sejarah yang terletak di Desa Pasti Jaya, Kecamatan Samalatan, Kabupaten Bengkayang. Tujuan penelitian adalah menggambarkan upaya revitalisasi Benteng van Dering. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan dilakukan di kawasan wisata van Dering Serukam. Data primer diperoleh melalui wawancara dengan para tetua adat, kepala desa, dan camat. Data yang diperoleh selanjutnya dianalisis secara kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa cagar budaya Benteng van Dering berada pada kondisi rusak. Kondisi tersebut terjadi sudah sejak lama, dimana 90% Benteng van Dering sudah hancur, bahkan sebelum Belanda meninggalkan Dusun Serukam. Pemerintah, baik pusat maupun daerah belum memberikan perhatian terhadap revi-talisasi Benteng van Dering sebagai kawasan cagar budaya sejarah. Pemilik lahan tempat berlokasinya pos intai Bel-anda pada akhirnya membangun rumah di bawah kaki bukit. Apabila kondisi tersebut terus terjadi, dapat berdampak hilangnya jejak keberadaan aset bersejarah periode penjajahan Belanda. Revitalisasi Benteng van Dering di Bukit van Dering diharapkan dapat memberikan dampak positif bagi perkembangan pariwisata di Kabupaten Bengkayang. Se-lanjutnya, hal tersebut dapat meningkatkan pendapatan asli daerah sehingga mendukung pembangunan dan pertum-buhan ekonomi.

scholarly journals Editorial

2012 ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Alison Brown
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Learning Region ◽  
Local Commons

Climate change, sustainability, diversity, financial probity, gender and governance are profound and complex challenges facing local government today, and are all topics raised by the researchers and practitioners contributing to CJLG Issue 10. Cash-strapped local governments are required to deliver core services (‘roads, rates and rubbish’ as Heather Zeppel’s interviewee said), yet are increasingly required to embrace broad social inclusion and environmental concerns, as our contributors show.The five research papers in this issue touch at the heart of equity and democratic governance. The role of critical theory in delivering good practice is explored by Eris Schoburgh in her reflection on local government and local development, and her comparison of Trinidad & Tobago’s structured decentralisation and Jamaica’s communitarian approach. She dismisses the ‘leading laggard’ model where linked settlement economies sink or swim together, and the ‘learning region’ which maximise local synergies to promote economic growth, to propose a new ‘hybrid model’ of local growth that tackles on-going issues such as gender equality, the informal economy and the local commons.

scholarly journals Assignment of functions to local authorities in Lesotho

2017 ◽  
pp. 58-74
Author(s):  
Hoolo Nyane
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Community Councils

In Lesotho the adoption of the new constitution in 1993 made provision for local development. These constitutional provisions were only operationalised in 1997 through an Act of parliament (Local Government Act 1997). The question of how functions are assigned between the central and local governments has always been an area of dispute. The Act attempted to demarcate the assignments through the Schedules to the Act which embody the functions of local authorities at various levels – community councils, urban councils and district councils. However, local development and service delivery continue by and large to be undertaken by central government despite the demarcation. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to critically analyse the challenges of assignment of functions to local authorities in Lesotho. The paper contends that as the assignment of functions is integral to decentralisation in Lesotho, intergovernmental relations and assignment of functions should be incorporated into the country’s constitution.

scholarly journals STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN LEMBAGA KEUANGAN MIKRO AGRIBISNIS (LKMA) DI KABUPATEN PANDEGLANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syamsul Hilal ◽  
Ma'mun Sarma ◽  
Lukman M Baga
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Agricultural Laborers ◽  
Assurance Services ◽  
Fast Procedure

ABSTRACTGabungan Kelompok Tani (Gapoktan) is institutional economics in rural area in which the combined number of farmers' group. Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Gapoktan can perform economic functions. To more effectively manage the funds of PUAP, Gapoktan directed to develop Agribusiness Microfinance Institutions (AMFI). Growth and expansion in Gapoktan PUAP AMFIis strategic step to resolve the question of the financing of small farmers and agricultural laborers during this difficult to get financial services through formal financial institutions and banking. Therefore, the formation AMFI purpose is to; (1) provide assurance services and farmers easier access to financing facilities, (2) a simple and fast procedure, (3) the proximity of the location of the service with the efforts of farmers, (4) operator of AMFI very understanding of the character of farmers as customers. Central government and local government continued to encourage the formation of AMFI on Gapoktan PUAP. The existence AMFI certainly to be hoped by poor farmers in Pandeglang District.The Sum ofGapoktan that has been gained PUAP program until 2012 is 257 Gapoktan. This amount is equivalent to 76.72 percent of the total village in Pandeglang District. However, the number of successful AMFIuntil 2012 only 16 AMFI (6.23%). Total AMFI is certainly not expected. Therefore, this study discusses the performance Gapoktan PUAP, evaluate the process of the formation of the AMFI on  Gapoktan PUAP, and analyze the performance of AMFI. The study and analysis of the material to formulate a development strategy AMFI in Pandeglang District.Keywords: Gapoktan, PUAP, LKMAABSTRAKGapoktan adalah kelembagaan ekonomi di pedesaan yang di dalamnya bergabung beberapa kelompok tani.  Berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Pertanian, Gapoktan dapat melakukan fungsi-fungsi ekonomi. Untuk lebih mengefektifkan pegelolaan dana PUAP, Gapoktan membentuk Lembaga Keuangan Mikro Agribisnis (LKMA). Penumbuhan dan pengembangan LKMA di dalam Gapoktan PUAP merupakan langkah strategis untuk menyelesaikan persoalan pembiayaan petani kecil dan buruh tani yang selama ini sulit mendapatkan pelayanan keuangan melalui lembaga keuangan formal dan perbankan. Oleh karena itu, tujuan pembentukan LKMA adalah untuk; (1) memberikan kepastian pelayanan serta kemudahan akses petani terhadap fasilitas pembiayaan; (2) prosedur yang sederhana dan cepat; (3) kedekatan lokasi pelayanan dengan tempat usaha petani; (4) pengelola LKMA sangat memahami karakter petani sebagai nasabah. Pemerintah Pusat dan Pemerintah Daerah terus mendorong terbentuknya LKMA pada Gapoktan PUAP. Keberadaan LKMA tentu sangat diharapkan oleh petani miskin di Kabupaten Pandeglang. Jumlah Gapoktan yang telah mendapatkan program PUAP hingga tahun 2012 sebanyak 257 Gapoktan. Jumlah ini setara dengan 76,72 persen dari jumlah desa dan kelurahan di Kabupaten Pandeglang. Namun demikian, jumlah LKMA yang berhasil dibentuk hingga tahun 2012 sebanyak 16 LKMA (6,23%). Jumlah LKMA tersebut tentu tidak sesuai harapan. Oleh karena itu, kajian ini membahas tentang kinerja Gapoktan PUAP, mengevaluasi proses pembentukan LKMA pada Gapoktan PUAP, dan menganalisis kinerja LKMA. Hasil kajian dan analisis tersebut menjadi bahan untuk merumuskan strategi pengembangan LKMA di Kabupaten Pandeglang.Kata kunci: Gapoktan, PUAP, LKMA 

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