Building a Capable State - Moodley, Nishendra

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Auteur(s) : Moodley, Nishendra - Palmer, Ian - Parnell, Susan

Editeur : Bloomsbury 3pl

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/11/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 320

Expédition : 667

Dimensions : 23.4 x 15.6 x 23.0

ISBN : 9781783609635

Résumé :

Preface

1. What is the 'Capable' State?
2. Twenty Years: Local Government in Transition
3. Institutions
4. Improving Capability through Regulation and Support
5. Municipal Organisational Capability
6. Financing Municipal Services
7. Water and Sanitation
8. Electricity
9. Roads and Public Transport
10. Housing
11. Is South Africa a Capable State?
Appendix A: Comparative Country Profiles
Appendix B: Economic Factors

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Biographie:

Ian Palmer is the founder of Palmer Development Group (PDG). He has 40 years experience in the fields of civil engineering and development. Ian is also an adjunct professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT) attached to the African Centre for Cities. For a period of 15 years from 1997 to 2012 he was on the board of Mvula Trust, an NGO focused on providing water and sanitation for rural communities.

Nishendra Moodley currently works with the South African National Treasury's City Support Programme. He joined the City of Cape Town in 1998 to manage local government transformation projects and subsequently joined and later led Palmer Development Group (PDG). He has a Master's degree in Public Administration. He has worked on local government policy development, monitoring and evaluation processes for national government, and institutional transformation projects for municipalities.

Susan Parnell is a Professor of Urban Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at UCT. She is centrally involved in the African Centre for Cities, serving on its executive. She is the author of over a hundred peer reviewed papers, and a number of books, including Africa's Urban Revolution (co-edited with E. Pieterse, Zed 2014)

Sommaire:

Ian Palmer is the founder of Palmer Development Group (PDG). He has 40 years experience in the fields of civil engineering and development. Ian is also an adjunct professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT) attached to the African Centre for Cities. For a period of 15 years from 1997 to 2012 he was on the board of Mvula Trust, an NGO focused on providing water and sanitation for rural communities.

Nishendra Moodley currently works with the South African National Treasury's City Support Programme. He joined the City of Cape Town in 1998 to manage local government transformation projects and subsequently joined and later led Palmer Development Group (PDG). He has a Master's degree in Public Administration. He has worked on local government policy development, monitoring and evaluation processes for national government, and institutional transformation projects for municipalities.

Susan Parnell is a Professor of Urban Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at UCT. She is centrally involved in the African Centre for Cities, serving on its executive. She is the author of over a hundred peer reviewed papers, and a number of books, including Africa's Urban Revolution (co-edited with E. Pieterse, Zed 2014)