Category: Local Governance Specialization

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 471: Local Planning

This course aims to ensure students to learn about the planning and its importance at local level, its strategies, processes and its outcomes so that they can assume the responsibility as planner at local level.

Contents

  1. Concept and approaches of local planning; Role and importance of planning at local government level; relations between local plan and national plan
  2. Roles and responsibilities of local governments; Situation analysis and need assessment stakeholders participation; Resource planning and local plan
  3. Planning process at local bodies: planning at VDCs and Municipalities and District level planning, participation of different stakeholders in local planning process
  4. Focus of local planning in Nepal: priority areas of planning, resource planning and priority of planning; plan implementation,
  5. Monitoring and evaluation, issues and challenges of local planning, field work

References

Acharya, Balaram (2062). Rural Development: Theories and Approaches. Kathmandu: National Book Center.

Adhikary,Shyam Prasad (2038). Rural Development in Nepal Problems and Prospects. Kathmandu: Lalitpur Sajha Prakashan.

AZIZ Sartaj (1978). Rural Development. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd.

Chambers, Robert (2004). Rural Development :Putting the Last First. Delhi: Pearson Education.

Das, Prabhakar Lal (2054). Sociology of Rural Society. Kathmandu: Rekha Rani Prakashan.

Hada, Gambhir Bahadur (2062). Rural Economics of Nepal. Kathmandu: Dikshanta Pustak Bhandar.

Hada, gambhir Bahadur (2063). Rural Resources, Environment and Management. Kathmandu: Gyankunja Pustak Bhandar.

Singh, Katar (1999). Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management. New Delhi: Sage Publicatoin.

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 472: NGO Governance

The objective of this course is to provide the students with an understanding of the concepts and practices of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and their roles in development.

Contents

  1. Introduction: Concept of voluntarism, Concept of Civil Society Organizations/NGOs, NGOs and Social capital, Roles and Functions of NGOs
  2. Growth of NGOs in Nepal: A Brief Account of Traditional Welfare Services in Nepal, Growth of Modern NGOs in Nepal, Registration and affiliation process of NGOs in Nepal, Types of NGOs in Nepal. INGOs and their roles in Nepal
  3. NGOs in Development: Socioeconomic status of Nepal, Overview of development plans and their contributions.
  4. NGO Governance: Monitoring and evaluation of NGOs/INGOs, Accountability of NGOs.               
  5. Issues and Implications of NGOs in Development, Examining NGOs as Alternative Institutions, Current Issues and challenges of NGOs. Case Studies

References

Chand, Diwaker (1991). Development through Non-Government Organizations. Kathmandu: Institute for National Development Research and Social Service.

Chitrakar, Ami (1996). Working with NGOs. Nepal IUCN.

Dhakal, Tek Nath (2006). NGOs in Livelihood Improvement: Nepalese Experience. New Delhi: Adroit Publishers.

Vartola, Juha, Ulvila, Marko, Hossain Farhad & Dhakal Tek Nath (Eds) (2000). Development NGO, Facing the 21st Century Perspectives from South Asia. New Delhi: Institute for Human Development.

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 473: Rural-Urban Partnership

The aim of this course is to orient the students to rural urban partnership and its roles in minimizing the differentiation between rural and urban development, its strategies and measures to be taken so that the students will be able to understand the changing context of development and also can assume the responsibility as change agents.

Contents

  1. Meaning and concept of rural urban partnership, relationship with development, its importance, importance of complimentary developmental role through partnership.
  2. Basic theories of rural urban partnership – Core and periphery Model; Gateway Model; Central Place Theory; Growth Pole Model; Regional Development Model.
  3. Relationship between Town and Hinterland- classification of rural and urban areas; migration and linkage, resource and linkage, technology and product and linkage; Techniques of rural urban linkage and importance of networking in linkage building.
  4. Rural Urban Linkage and Entrepreneurship Development- Human capital formation and development; Institutional Development for linkages and its forms for partnership for entrepreneurship.            
  5. Rural Urban partnership and Local Governments- Role of Local Governments in rural urban partnership, Tole and Lane organizations for partnership; partnership and poverty reduction

References

Jnawaly, Damodar (2004). Rural Urban Interaction: A Geographical Perspective, Kathmandu: Students Books Publishers

Bennet, Jenny (2006). Rural Urban Partnership Program in Nepal, Kathmandu: RUPP

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 476: Public Service Delivery

The objectives of this course is to aware of the students about the paradigm shift in the policy of the government to act in partnership or in a collaborative way so that the services delivered to the people become reliable, satisfactory and trust worthy in quality and quantity.

Contents

  1. Introduction: Concept and meaning of public service delivery, pattern of service delivery, Sectoral engagement in public service delivery.
  2. Forms of service delivery, procedures of service delivery, technology used in service delivery, RTI and Public service delivery
  3. Approaches in public service delivery, organizations, planning and control for public service delivery, transparency in public service delivery
  4. Networking in public service delivery, interrelationship between citizen and governments in service delivery, integrity in service delivery
  5. Issues in public service delivery- quality vs quantity, service standard, benchmarking, participation and accountability

References

Egarman, John (2007). Service Delivery: A Challenge for Local Governments. VNG: The Netherlands;(approaches)

Gargan, John J. (Ed) (1997). A Handbook of Local Government and Administration. Hong Kong: Marcel Dekker Inc.

Henry, Nicholas (2007). Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Delhi: Prentice Hall

Holzer, Marc and Richard W. Schweitzer (2011). Public Administration: An Introduction. Delhi: PHI Learning

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 475: Local Finance in Nepal

The course intends to impart knowledge of finance especially in local bodies of Nepal. Students will be able to understand dynamics of local finance after completion of this course.

Contents

  1. Introduction: Concepts of local finance, Need and importance of Local Finance in Economic Development
  2. Fiscal Decentralization in Nepal: Approaches of Fiscal Decentralization, Fiscal Decentralization Policy and its dimensions
  3. Fiscal Federalism: Concept of Fiscal Federalism, Division of Fiscal Power and Functions: Allocation, Distribution and Stabilization, Vertical and Horizontal Fiscal Relationship
  4. Local Government Revenue and expenditure in Nepal: Sources of revenue at local bodes in Nepal: Tax and Non-tax , Grants in Aid, Local Government Borrowing, Pattern of Local Government Expenditure, Local budgeting, Local accounting and auditing
  5. Resource Mobilization at local bodies, Resource Mobilization at Local Body: DDC, VDC and Municipality, People’s Participation in Local Resource Mobilization, Role of Partnership for Local Resource Mobilization, Issues and challenges of local finance in Nepal, Case study

References

Acharya, Balaram (2062). Rural Development: Theories and Approaches. Kathmandu: National Book Center.

Adhikary, Shyam Prasad (2038). Rural Development in Nepal Problems and Prospects. Kathmandu: Lalitpur Sajha Prakashan.

AZIZ Sartaj(1978). Rural Development. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd.

Chambers, Robert (2004). Rural Development :Putting the Last First. Delhi: Pearson Education.

Das, Prabhakar Lal (2054). Sociology of Rural Society. Kathmandu: Rekha Rani Prakashan.

Hada, Gambhir Bahadur (2062). Rural Economics of Nepal. Kathmandu: Dikshanta Pustak Bhandar.

Hada, gambhir Bahadur (2063). Rural Resources, Environment and Management. Kathmandu: Gyankunja Pustak Bhandar.

Singh, Katar (1999). Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management. New Delhi: Sage Publication.

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Local Governance Specialization

LG 474: Public Private Partnership

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the recent trends of governance and development through the participation of stakeholders. At the end of the course the students will be familiar with the concept, principles and practices of public private partnership.

Contents

  1. Meaning and concept of partnership, objectives of partnership, its relevance in development, partnership and service delivery, Privatization and PPP
  2. Setting the framework: Policy rationale, legal and regulatory framework, investment framework and implementation framework
  3. PPP project life cycle: Project initiation and screening, business case, conducting feasibility, tendering and procurement, bidders selection, contract signature, PPP performance monitoring and contract compliance
  4. Models and types of public private participation- service contract, management contract, leasing, Concessions, Built Operate and Transfer Models (BOT),
  5. Policy objectives of public private partnership, working strategies for public private partnership for development PPP policy, issues and challenges- and risks therein, field visit and presentation of the field report.

References

Faraquharson, E., Matle, C.T., Yescornba, E.R. & Encinas (2011). How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets. Washington: World Bank.

Turina, N., & Puric, D.C. (2013). Overview and PPP Models

Savas, E.S. (2001). Privatization and Public-Private Partnership. East-West Publication

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Local Governance Specialization

Local Governance Specialization

Local governance specialization area prepares students about governance at local levels, planning, and management related tasks.

SubjectsTypeCredits
LG 471: Local PlanningTheory3
LG 472: NGO GovernanceTheory3
LG 473: Rural-Urban PartnershipTheory3
LG 474: Public Private PartnershipTheory3
LG 475: Local FinanceTheory3
LG 476: Public Service DeliveryTheory3