Most local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina have their own development strategies, yet they struggle to produce tangible results. Is the ‘Integrated local development methodology' the way ahead?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
High food prices and opportunities for poverty reduction
Are value chains the way to make rising food prices work for the poor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by creating employment opportunities in the food and agriculture sector?
Topics: Private sector, Rural development, Food security, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Local development, Area based development, Rural poverty, Integrated local development
Remediating cross-border environmental ‘hot spots’ in the Western Balkans
How have cross-border ‘hot spots’ in the Western Balkans become a key focus of environmental, crisis prevention, health, and regional development efforts?
Topics: Environment, Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia , Montenegro , Serbia , The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Kosovo – UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Western Balkans, Quality of life, EU accession, Health, Environmental sustainability, Pollution, Local development, Human security, Land degradation, Environmental protection, Tourism, Southeastern Europe, Borders
Measuring quality of life and social exclusion in the Western Balkans
This article describes how methodology from the European ‘Quality of Life’ survey has been used to measure social exclusion in the new EU member states and the candidate countries. These results indicate that, in most of the...
Topics: Poverty, Social inclusion, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria , Croatia , Hungary , Montenegro , The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Poverty Reduction , Employment, Global economic crisis, Data, Social policies, Income inequality, Policy development, Western Balkans, Quality of life, EU accession
Assessing social exclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fourteen years after the Dayton Accords were signed, social inclusion remains critically important in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Building on the country’s 2007 National Human Development Report, this article analyses how social...
Topics: Poverty, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poverty Reduction , Global economic crisis, Data, Social policies, Vulnerable groups, Policy development, Social mobilization, National human development report
Social inclusion and water: Why a human rights- based approach matters
The authors argue that access to water is a fundamental human right and, as such, needs to be better integrated into social inclusion agendas. It looks at three countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tajikistan, and Kosovo) where...
Topics: Human development, Social inclusion, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tajikistan , Kosovo – UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Poverty Reduction , Service delivery, Human development report, Ethnic minorities, Governance, Water, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Health
Performance-based municipal budgeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina: towards European integration
This article describes the prospects and challenges of introducing performance-based budgeting in six municipalities
Topics: State reform, Democratic governance, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reform of the State, Service delivery, EU accession, Local governance, Central and Eastern Europe, Absorption capacity, Results based management, Accountability, Municipal budgeting, Decentralization, Public finance management
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