LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: : THE CASE OF KUMBA IN CAMEROON
- 주제(키워드) local government institutions in the kumba municipality
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Shin Goo Kang
- 발행년도 2015
- 학위수여년월 2015. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
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초록/요약
ABSTRACT Local governments are becoming more numerous in developing countries and are increasingly required to play larger roles in providing social services, alleviating poverty, and facilitating development (Mitlin 2000). The Cameroon constitution lends a strong hand to local governments as key to achieving rural development and poverty reduction. Achieving this is how ever premised on the basis that local authorities would function effectively. However, the study reveals that there are still challenges that appear to limit the achievements of the states benefits of local governance in Cameroon. Using the experience of Cameroon, the thesis focuses on the local government institutions of the SW city of Kumba. It thus adopts a case study approach and is basically designed to examine the reasons why the Local Governments failed in their development efforts to transform Kumba in to a modern vibrant community. By answering this question, the thesis examines the nature/system of the local government and how its functions lead to rural community development, by looking at local community development projects or an initiative implemented by the local government institutions and analyzes the usefulness of these initiatives to the local communities. The thesis examines the level of community participation as the main problem of Local Governments failure, and further analyses other reasons why the local government failed to develop Kumba. Lastly it provides some strategies put in place to effectively carry out decentralized community development. The results of the study reveal that power has not been devolved in its entirety from the central government to the decentralized units and that the rural masses do not participate fully in the development of Kumba.
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ABSTRACT i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii
DEDICATION iii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv
LIST OF TABLES v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study. 1
1.2 Aim and Objective of the Research. 3
1.3 Problem Statement. 4
1.4 Significance of the Study 6
1.5 Research Methodology 8
1.5.1Research Design 8
1.5.2 Reasons for the selection of the study area 9
1.5.4 Data Analysis 10
1.5.5 Limitation of the Study 11
CHAPTER TWO: THEORITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON DECENTRALIZATION, GOVERNANCE, PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 12
2.1 Introduction 12
2.2 Theories and Concepts of Decentralization 13
2.3 The Local Government 15
2.4 The Concept of Governance. 16
2.5 Democratic Governance 17
2.6 Participation. 18
2.6.1 Community Participation. 19
2.7. Definition of Community Development. 20
2.8 Rural Community Development 21
2.9 Effects of Decentralization on Community Development 22
CHAPTER THREE: THE NATURE/SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CAMEROON 26
3.1 Introduction 26
3.2 The Evolution of Local Government in Cameroon. 26
3.3 Post-independence Reforms 27
3.4 The local government 28
3.5 Objectives of decentralization in Cameroon 28
3.6 Actors of Decentralization 29
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS: THE CASE OF KUMBA. 31
4.1 THE KUMBA MUNICIPALITY. 31
4.2 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES 32
4.2.1 Community Development Initiatives/Projects implemented by the local governments 32
4.2.2 Does the above projects meet the needs of the Local Community? 33
4.3 Assessment of Local Community Participation (Representativeness) 34
4.3.1 Citizens involvement in meetings 36
4.3.2 Citizens’ participation in election 37
4.3.3 Assessing community participation in development process 39
4.4 Other Reasons for Local Governments failure in Kumba in particular and Cameroon in general. 40
4.4.1 Inadequate Administrative autonomy 41
4.4.2 Poor Legal Instruments 43
4.4.3 Inadequate finance 45
4.4.4 Lack of Administrative Capacity 46
4.4.5 Poor Organization of Civil Society 48
CHAPTER 5: RECOOMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 50
5.1 Introductory Summary 50
5.2 The legal framework, need for clarity 50
5.3 Enhancing Accountability 50
5.4 Institutional capacities 51
5.5 Reorganize Civil Society 52
5.6. Need for Financial Autonomy by Local Governments. 53
5.7 Conclusion 53
6. REFERENCES 56
