Microenterprise development is one of the most discussed antipoverty strategies in contemporary development discourses. Many developing countries have adopted this strategy to fight against poverty. In Nepal also, a microenterprise development program with the objectives of increasing income and employment, and thereby reducing poverty, has been implemented since 1998. Microenterprise development is particularly targeted to the households living below the poverty line. Among the people living below that line, the program is more focused on ...

This qualitative research examines and investigates the One Tablet Per Child (OTPC) phenomenon in Thailand with two levels of analysis: intra-school and interschool. The objectives of this research include: 1) examining the ICT integration processes conducted by lead teachers in role model schools; 2) discovering and unfolding the challenges of ICT integration processes in role model schools; 3) investigating how network formation between schools and their local alliances helps to ensure the success of ICT integration through Inter-organizational ...

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) is widely employed in various settings; however, in what contexts and whether PES programs achieve their objectives by improving local livelihoods and conservation goals is still being debated. This dissertation assessed the impact of the Payments for Forest Environmental Service (PFES) policy on financial, natural and institutional capitals in order to respond to the critical question on whether and how much the PFES policy has contributed to poverty reduction and ecological enhancement. A case study from ...

The objectives of this study are to first, to identify the development trends of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level; second, to define the characteristics of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level; and last, to investigate the major factors affecting the success of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level. In order ...

The study of policy and management strategies of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries as a World Natural Heritage site was conducted with the following aims: 1) to study the historic background of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Sanctuaries world natural heritage; 2) to study and analyze the current status, situations, and problems regarding the management of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries; 3) to propose strategic management measures based on technical points of view on the world ...

This study is an effort to fill the gap in knowledge and methodological limitations of current research on budgeting and financial management practices at the local level of public administration. The focus of most research on budgeting and financial management practices within the government sector has been at the sectoral level. The general notion has been that contextual factors surrounding budgeting and financial management practices developed at the central level are cascade down to implementers for their necessary compiance to achieve the ...

In any country with a political system based upon democracy, it has been conventional wisdom that center-left or progressive regimes tend to expand welfare programs, while center-right or conservative governments are more likely to dismantle the welfare state. However, in reality, any political party with a distinct political position on welfare policies is usually put under public scrutiny, which makes it risky for them to simply follow their traditional beliefs, without taking into account public reactions over welfare-related decision-making. ...

Transparency laws are argued to bring accountability to organizational activities. This dissertation aimed at answering the general research question of how organizational factors such as organizational culture, structure (discretion), and endowment (resources) affect the proactive transparency behavior and outward (citizen-centered) accountability orientation of the frontline public bureaucrats in the context of Bangladesh. Proactive transparency behavior is a tendency to disclose information about organizational activities for citizens’ ...

Economic growth and poverty reduction have generally recorded monumental gains in the last two decades globally. On the other hand, worldwide regional inequality has widened considerably. In the year 2009, spatial or regional inequality was one of the major themes of the World Development Report. Similarly, Goal 10 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aims at reducing inequalities within and among countries. These examples point to the relevance of issues of inequalities in contemporary global discourse on development. This study ...