Governance
Governance hybrids: pro-poor, rights-based approaches in rural Peru
Aaron Schneider and Rebeca Zuniga-Hamlin, Institute of Development Studies, February 2005.
How do we understand the hybrid forms of governance that occasionally emerge when rights-based approaches (RBA) are introduced into contexts of extreme poverty? In rural Peru in 2002, a host of local and national movements were eager to experiment with new RBA alternatives to address intense poverty. The introduction of RBA did not occur in a vacuum, however, and existing clientelist practices mixed with RBA to produce governance hybrids. This paper discusses the pros and cons of such hybrids using Peru as a case study and touches on topics such as: the nature of RBA/clientelist political, social, and cultural exclusion; RBA and a new social order; regional and local authorities; the various forms of hybrids.
Decentralized Governance and a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development
UNDP, Paul Lundberg - Independent Consultant.
The issue of human rights has not figured prominently in the ongoing discussion on decentralization. Given this historic lack of recognition of the links between decentralized governance and a human rights agenda, the critical message to be delivered in this paper is that a human rights approach to decentralized governance is critical to protecting and promoting the freedom of men and women to lead the kind of lives they choose in dignity, free of injustice and humiliation. This note is designed as a means of stimulating discussion on the nature of the relationship between implementation of decentralization reform and human rights. Drawing upon evolving ideas from a number of specialists, primarily from the fields of economics, political science and the new field of complexity science this note represents some of the recent thinking on local institutional development for human rights promotion.
Decentralisation and Human Rights: A Systemic Approach
UNDP, Prof. Leonard Joy, November 2003.
This paper offers recommendations for decentralisation programming in the context of mainstreaming human rights. It examines:
- The meaning, rationale, and significance of a human rights-based approach to development assistance as it applies to programming to support decentralisation and local government
- How to assure that the processes used in design and management of decentralisation support programmes are consistent with human rights principles
- How to assess consonance between decentralised governance systems and human
rights criteria
- The role UNDP Country offices in support of decentralisation with reference to: programme identification and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Linking Decentralization and a Rights-Based Approach: Opportunities and Constraints in Ghana
Gordon Crawford, Center for Development Studies, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, February 2005.
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Decentralisation Programming
UNDP, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Office.
This paper offers recommendations for decentralization programming in the context of mainstreaming human rights. It examines the meaning, rationale, and significance of a human rights-based approach to development assistance as it applies to programming to support decentralization and local government. It then asserts how to assure that the processes used in design and management of decentralization support programs that are consistent with human rights principles. Finally, the paper concludes by defining how to assess consonance between decentralized governance systems and human rights criteria.
Integration of Rights into Thematic Areas: A Rights-Based Approach to Governance
UNDP.
This article addresses how good governance and human rights have become integral elements of national development in the context of democracy being the most widely accepted form of legitimate government. Factors such as government institutions, the functioning of civil society, macroeconomic policies, and the media are all discussed in a democratic context.