Community participation and local government capacity in Vietnam: Conditions for coproduction. (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ngo, Hung Viet; Edelenbos, Jurian; Gianoli, Alberto
• Is Part Of: Public administration and development. Volume 39:Number 2(2019:May)
• Page Start: 104
• Page End: 118
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: community participation -- coproduction -- local government capacity -- performance/outcomes -- Vietnam; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Développement communautaire -- Pays en voie de développement -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Administration -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions sociales -- Périodiques; 350
• DOI: 10.1002/pad.1844
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-2075

Abstract

Summary: With Public Administration Reform in Vietnam comes more local government responsibility for policy making. Building on the results of a multiple case study research on housing and infrastructure upgrading projects in four cities of Vietnam, it has been confirmed that the community participation and local government capacity in urban housing and infrastructure upgrading projects are positively related. The level of community participation in urban housing and infrastructure upgrading projects is influenced by local government capacity, and in turn, it has effects on the outcomes. There are some important aspects for the enhancement of the level of community participation. These are effective leadership, the financial resources aspect, and communication/information exchange. Moreover, based on the patterns of community participation in urban upgrading projects, it has been found that participation is strongly supported by government actors in these four cases, and a process of coproduction between the local government and the affected communities has taken place.