Local institutional development : an analytical source book with cases

In an attempt to fill that gap, this volume provides a systematic treatment of LID, balancing the analytic and action-oriented concerns of researchers and practitioners. The first chapter categorizes local institutions (e.g., political, bureaucratic, membership-based, service, profit-oriented), providing a framework for discussion of LID strategies. Chapters two through six focus on five main rural development activity areas - natural resource management, rural infrastructure, primary health care, agriculture, and nonagricultural enterprises - to clarify what kinds and combinations of local institutions seem to mesh well or fit poorly with each. Strategies for supporting LID (e.g., training, networks, reorientation of national-level institutions) and for developing local capacity to mobilize and manage financial resources are the topics of the last two chapters. Included are 81 case synopses from many sectors and all areas of the world. Country/case, subject, and author indexes and a 41-page bibliography are provided.