scholarly journals Upward and downward accountability in local government: the decentralisation of agricultural extension services in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-39
Author(s):  
Wilfred U Lameck ◽  
Rudie Hulst
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Local Politicians

A key assumption behind decentralisation in developing countries is that it enhances the accountability of local government and results in policies that reflect the preferences of the local community. However, previous research shows that local politicians and administrators in many developing countries to a large extent behave as if they were primarily accountable to central government, not local communities. The literature suggests various explanatory factors but does not provide insight into their relative weight and into how different factors interact. This paper combines comparative case-study research with in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with local government politicians and officials involved in the delivery of agricultural extension services in Tanzania. It shows that limited administrative and political decentralisation and centralistic human resources management restrict downward accountability to the community. Downward accountability is also constrained by the social rules that local politicians and administrators observe. For downward accountability to materialise, formal systems of public administration need to introduce incentives to that effect.    

scholarly journals Analisis Pengaruh Fungsi Perlombaan Desa terhadap Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Pembangunan Desa di Kecamatan Teluk Mengkudu Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Manutur Parulian Naibaho ◽  
Marlon Sihombing ◽  
Tarmizi Tarmizi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Regression Equation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Positive Sign

The government faces quite big constrains in the implementation of rural development due to the aspects of Geography, Topology, Demography, infrastructure availability, poor human resources, and relatively low rural institutional capability. One of the very important attempts which needs to be carried out by Central Government and Local Government is to encourage, promote, develop and actualize the power and ability of the rural communities themselves. The power and ability sourced and found in the rural communities themselves is defined as “Community Participation”. This study  used the primary data obtained through interviewing the respondents (local community) and the secondary data obtained from the data of Subdistrict Government of Teluk Mengkudu, Statistic Coordinator of Teluk Mengkudu Subdistrict, Community Empowerment and Rural Government Board of Serdang Bedagai District. The result of this study showed that, based on the result of regression equation, the coefficient value of village competition was 0.6071 with sig.t = 0.000. Since the value of sig.t was < α (0.05), Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. Thus, village competiton had a significant influence on the initiatives of the community in developing their village in Teluk Mengkudu Subdistrict. Then, from the other regression equation, it was found out that the coefficient value of village competition was 0.3278 with sig.t = 0.0156. Since the value of sig.t was < α (0.05), Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. Thus, village competition had a significant influence on the active participation of the community in developing their village in Teluk Mengkudu Subdistrict. The positive sign of coefficient value of village competition showed that if Village Competition is increasingly enhanced, that intiative of the community in developing their village in Teluk Mengkudu Subdistrict is also increasingly increased or both variables had unidirectional relationship. The conclusion drawn from the result of this study is that Village Competition is one of the activities done by both Central Government and Local Government in theirn attempt to educate their people to increase their initiatives and active participation to develop their villages.

scholarly journals ANALISIS DINAMIKA PERMASALAHAN IMPLEMENTASI ANGGARAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DI INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rahmat Salam
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Coordination Tool ◽  
The Masses

The budgeting process is central to every administration be it the central government, local governments and the private sector because financial control is perhaps the most effective coordination tool. The scope and nature of government operations as a whole are determined by the allocations for the various programs. In fact, human nature has never been proven compared to when humans struggle to get a larger than usual share of the funds. This paper examines budgeting at the local government level, its preparation, problems and prospects. The study found that there was a wide gap between the budget plan and its implementation which resulted in the failure to fulfill political promises and the increasingly high expectations of society. The widespread dissatisfaction of the masses with the local government contributed greatly to the slow pace of local community development. This paper makes several recommendations that will reduce the incidence of budget deficits in the Government.

scholarly journals Some aspects of agricultural extension work in development countries.

1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
A. Perk
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Extension Work

A number of the projects usually accorded a prominent place in the programmes drawn up by the various agricultural extension services for the developing countries are discussed. There is an attempt to discover why some projects are accepted and carried out, while others are deliberately rejected although some of them are given much publicity. It would appear that the rejection of proposed improvements of local agricultural methods depends not only on technical and economic factors, but that motives of a social nature may also play a highly significant role. A. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

scholarly journals Evaluating Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services through a Governance Lens

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Cristina Álvarez-Mingote ◽  
Paul E. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Governance Quality

Demand-driven extension services have been promoted as a potential mechanism to improve governance quality and lead to better-served farmers. In this paper, we evaluate i) the extent to which demand-driven elements are present in extension services in developing countries, and ii) whether governance problems persist and why. We accomplish so by performing a qualitative analysis of the Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) country assessments, and find that, despite the adoption of demand-driven features, extension services are not fully participatory, transparent, accountable, equitable and responsive to needed farmers.

scholarly journals MENGEMBANGKAN SISTEM PENYULUHAN PERTANIAN, PERIKANAN, DAN KEHUTANAN DALAM RANGKA IMPLEMENTASI UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 16 TAHUN 2006

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Sadono
Keyword(s):  
Local Authority ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
New Era ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Regional Authority ◽  
And Training

<em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The enactment of Law 16/2006 on System of Agricultural Extension, Fisheries and Forestry may be marked as the new era in agricultural extension development of Indonesia. It is realized so far, that there has been no significant progress to that issue since the extension service had been administratively shifted from the central government to regional authority. Lack of local authority commitment on funding the extension services has made agricultural extension activities remained undeveloped during the years. With Law 16/2006, extension services gained sufficient legal-basis to be undertaken and thus financed by regional authority. This article is part of study to see sub-systems of extension, i.e. extension policy, agricultural extension, research and inspection, special education/official duty, and training. These sub-systems build up an integrative extension system that determines the success of agricultural extension mission at large. This writing tries to elaborate how better functional interconnection among those sub-systems could help increase the effectiveness of agricultural extension activities in the field.</span></em>

scholarly journals Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service Era Otonomi Daerah sebagai Modern Local Government

Yurispruden ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Afifuddin Afifuddin
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

 ABSTRACTThe implementation of public services is still going on with the old public administration practices. Therefore, it is time for the bureaucracy to change its mindset. The development of the paradigm of public administration can bring enlightenment to the bureaucracy. Public Service innovation and creativity is one of the right solutions in the era of regional autonomy in achieving the welfare of modern regional government. The Indonesian state in running the government, the relationship between the central government and local governments must be well and harmoniously established. The intertwined goal is for the prosperity of the people. Regional autonomy can provide flexibility for regions to innovate and create local community creativity as material for local government policies. Therefore, several important discourses in Public Administration Science can be a reference for modernizing the administration of local government in the era of regional autonomy. Keywords        : Innovation, Public Service Creativity, Regional Autonomy, Center,                          Region and Local Government ABSTRAKPenyelenggarakan pelayanan publik masih saja terjadi praktik-praktik old public administration. Oleh karena itu sudah saatnya birokrasi merubah mindsetnya. Perkembangan paradigma administrasi publik dapat membawa pencerahan bagi birokrasi. Inovasi dan kreativitas Public Service merupakan salah satu solusi yang tepat di era otonomi daerah dalam mencapai kesejahteraan pemerintahan daerah yang modern. Negara Indonesia dalam menjalankan pemerintahan, hubungan pemerintah pusat dan pemerintah daerah harus terjalin dengan baik dan harmonis. Tujuan yang terjalin tersebut untuk kemakmuran rakyat. Otonomi daerah dapat memberikan keleluasaan bagi daerah untuk melakukan innovasi dan kreativitas masyarakat setempat sebagai bahan kebijakan local government. Oleh karena itu beberapa wacana penting dalam Ilmu Administrasi Publik dapat menjadi rujukan untuk memodernisasi penyelenggaraan pemerintah daerah dalam era otonomi daerah. Kata Kunci    : Inovasi, kreativitas Public Service, Otonomi Daerah, Pusat, Daerah dan                          Local Government 

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