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Formal decentralisation and the imperative of decentralisation 'from below': a case study of natural resource management in Nicaragua

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Title Formal decentralisation and the imperative of decentralisation 'from below': a case study of natural resource management in Nicaragua
 
Creator Larson, A.M.
 
Subject decentralization
natural resources
local government
governance
 
Description This article argues that decentralization of natural resource management is a political process resisted by the central government due to the feared loss of power and/or economic resources to local governments. In Nicaragua, although the formal process of power transfers largely stagnated from 1997 to 2003, decentralization ‘from below’ continued to advance thanks to political pressure from civil society and municipal governments and the increasing legitimacy of local authority. At the same time, many municipal governments have little interest in resource management where there are few apparent economic benefits. Local governments, too, however, respond, among other things, to pressure from constituents and NGOs to take on resource management initiatives. At both levels of government, local and grassroots processes are necessary conditions to make formal decentralization democratic and responsible.
 
Date 2004
2012-06-04T09:09:00Z
2012-06-04T09:09:00Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Larson, A.M. 2004. Formal decentralisation and the imperative of decentralisation 'from below': a case study of natural resource management in Nicaragua . European Journal of Development Research 16 (1) :55-70.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18977
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1537
 
Language en
 
Format p. 55-70
 
Source European Journal of Development Research