Updated February 1998

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

United Nations Capital Development Fund

International Fund for Agricultural Development

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

World Bank

Rome
16-18 December 1997
Technical Consultation on Decentralization

Documentation

Programme

Agenda

Opening statements

• Henri Carsalade (Assistant Director-General FAO/SD)
• Santiago Funes González (Director, FAO/SDA)
• Rationale of the Consultation, by Tomás Lindemann

Keynote papers

• The reconstruction of rural institutions, by G. Gordillo de Anda, FAO (83K)
• Supporting rural local governments in practice, by L. Kullenberg, R. Shotton, L. Romeo (UNCDF)
• The promise and limitations of decentralization , by J. Manor - Summary | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
• Explaining agricultural and agrarian policies in developing countries, by Hans P. Binswanger, Klaus Deininger (Overview | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 110K)

Working group papers: Abstracts / summaries (147K!)

1. Political dimension of decentralization
   • Spreading power to the periphery: an assessment of democratic local governance, by H. Blair (Executive summary | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 90K)
   • Dimensión politica de la descentralización, by J. Alegrett
2. Decentralization: programme formulation/implementation, monitoring/ evaluation, and participation
   • Local partnership as a key tool for participation and decentralization, by S. Thirion
   • Designing community based development, by D. Narayan (100K)
3. Reform of institutions and the new role of the state
   • Reform of institutions and the new role of the State: a note on globalization and State institutions, by R. Cordera
   • Les Chambres d'agriculture: modèle de représentation et outil de participation des agriculteurs, por M. Nadir (Résumé | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 21K)
   • Restructuration des institutions rurales: principes et méthode, por M. Nadir (Résumé | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 32K)
4. Fiscal decentralization, regional equity, macroeconomic management and rural growth
   • Fiscal federalism and economic governance: for better or for worse?, by A. Shah (81K)
   • Fiscal decentralization and rural development in China, by J. Lin, Zhiqiang Liu and Funing Zhong (Abstract | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 112K)
5. Institutional capacity
   • Institutional capacity and decentralization for rural development, by N. Uphoff (Abstract | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 28K)
   • Decentralization and local capacity: some thoughts on a controversial relationship, by A. Fiszbein
   • Decentralization, local capacity and regional rural development: experiences from GTZ-supported initiatives in Africa, by A. Engel (90K)
6. Decentralization and access to rural services (agricultural and social)
   • The role of the public and private sectors in the provision of agricultural support services, by L. Smith
   • Decentralization and local government performance, by J-P. Faguet (Abstract | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 56K)
7. Decentralization and natural resource management (productive and conservation projects)
   • Designing and scaling-up productive natural resource management programs, by T. Esmail (Executive summary | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 100 K)
   • Decentralisation and natural resource management- issues in rural development, by M. Taghi Farvar
8. Decentralization and the provision of rural infrastructures
   • Management devolution and the sustainability of irrigation: results of comprehensive versus partial strategies, by D. Vermillion (47K)
   • Decentralized structures for provision of roads: a cross-country comparison, by F. Humplick & A. Moini-Araghi (Summary | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 199K)
   • Lessons from large-scale rural water and sanitation projects: transition and innovation, by H. Garn, T. Katz, J. Sara (Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 34K)
9. Design of intergovernmental fiscal relations and international finance institutions' allocations for rural development
   • Design of intergovernmental fiscal relations and international finance institutions' allocations for rural development, by A. Qazi Masood (58K)
   • Designing intergovernmental fiscal relations and international finance institutions allocations for rural development, by P. Smoke (Summary | Download full document - Word 6.0, zipped, 28K)
10. Sequencing, timing and design of decentralization strategies: Application to case studies
    • Bangladesh, by Z. Khan (Abstract)
    • Bolivia, by I. Cossío (54K)
    • Burkina Faso, by R. Sawadogo (Résumé)
    • Indonesia, by W. Yusuf & C. Beier (50K)