Land Development and Good Governance: Practice and Challenges

Language: English. About the Book:-Good Governance is at the heart of sustainable development and the alleviation of poverty . It is good for economic growth. It augments production inputs, such as labor and capital, and enhances the productivity of those inputs. Good Governance influence the distribution of the benefits of economic growth as income distribution is a crucial factor in transforming growth into poverty reduction. Governance thus has a dual impact: on growth and its distribution. It can increase growth and improve income equity , reduce poverty and spur advances towards the Millennium Development Goals.This book emphasized on the practices and challenges of good governance mainly focused on five good governance principles, like transparency, accountability, participation, efficiency andeffectiveness. The research study conducted in land development and management office of Bole Sub-City This book helps to develop an understanding on various problems like lack of transparency, lack of accountability, lack of public participation through different activities, lack of efficiency and effectiveness, poor management system, Nepotism, bribery, poor service delivery, extortion and favoritism, lack of commitment in promoting good governanceThis book not only explains the problems and challenges and also suggests certain strategic approaches to promote good governance. The knowledge of the book is useful and helpful to practice good governance to promote qualitative services among the organizations. This book stands as a guide to those who are working at management and administrative positions in various organizations. About the Author:- Dr. Karanam Viswa Bhushan, Associate professor of social work who has been working in Maharaja's Post graduate college (awarded' A' Grade by NACC) since two decades (affiliated to Andhra university) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.He successfully completed the employment contract under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for two years as Associate Professor in Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia. During this tenure a lot of research work was done in various social issues. He secured his Bachelor's, Master's (Post Graduation) and Doctoral degrees in social work from Andhra university and awarded first rank with gold medal at post graduation studies. His area of specialization is community development. He secured International certificate in community development and Adult education at Nijmegen University, Netherlands.He has participated in several National and International (Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Thailand , Malaysia and Canada) seminars, conferences and workshops and enriched with the knowledge of social work education. He has zeal of learning and great aptitude towards teaching and research. He has delivered guest lectures in several universities in Canada, Belgium and Germany. His focused areas are capacity building, empowering women groups(SHG'S, DWACRA'S), child education and health, youth development, Awareness building on social issues, community development in urban slums, rural and tribal areas. He haspublished several books on different social issues.Training programmes to personnel of the Non Governmental organizations and consultant services to Local, National and International organizations. He has good network with the NGO'S and promoted several programmes for the community development. He has Life membership in several National associations of social work education. CONTENTS:- Acknowledgements . 7List of Tables . 9List of Figures . 111. Introduction . 132. Review of Literature . 233. Research Methodology . 414. Data Presentation, Analysis and Discussion . 535. Summary of Finding, Conclusion andRecommendation . 89Reference . 99List of Acronyms . 105Index . 107 The Title 'Land Development and Good Governance: Practice and Challenges written/authored/edited by Dr. Karanam Viswa Bhushan', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9789353243272 is a.…