Strengthening urban governance in the South through city-to-city cooperation: Towards an analytical framework

被引:21
作者
Bontenbal, Marike C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utrecht, Dept Human Geog & Planning, Fac Geosci, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
Urban governance; City-to-city cooperation; Local government; North-South partnerships; Institutional strengthening; Participation; LOCAL-GOVERNMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; AFRICA; ACCOUNTABILITY; PARTICIPATION; POVERTY;
D O I
10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.10.016
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
The challenges of urban areas and their authorities that have risen from decentralisation and public sector reform, ongoing urbanisation, and persistent poverty, call for new forms or urban governance. This paper considers the role of North-South city-to-city cooperation (C2C) in strengthening governance in cities in the South. As a decentralised form of development cooperation, city partnerships have the unique feature of involving a range of urban actors - with both an institution and a civic society background - as partners in C2C interventions and as the perceived beneficiaries of these interventions. It is therefore assumed that city partnerships can affect urban governance from different angles. The potential of city-to-city cooperation is explored as an instrument to improve local government performance in terms of administration, service delivery and level of responsiveness to community needs, while at the same time encouraging citizenship and citizen participation in urban decision-making. Both conditions are considered imperative to strengthening urban governance. To address this question, evidence is used from four case studies of North-South partnerships, involving cities in Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Germany and the Netherlands. Interventions are discussed and compared. Subsequently, an analytical framework is presented that indicates potential forms of C2C contributions to cities in the South and their governance processes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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