Purpose-Driven Public Sector Reform: The Need for Within-Government Capacity Build for the Management of Slope Stability in Communities in the Caribbean |
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Authors: | Malcolm Anderson Liz Holcombe |
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Institution: | (1) School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 3PL, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | This article stresses the importance of within-government capacity build as the optimal approach to minimizing landslide risk
to the most vulnerable communities in the developing world. Landslide risk is an integrated issue that demands strong managerial
leadership and multidisciplinary inclusion to develop structures that deliver sustainable improvements in the reduction of
risk. The tension between projects demanding international technical and financial intervention and those capable of “within-country”
solutions are examined. More particularly, the challenges of developing a management methodology capable of energizing inter-ministry
collaboration to achieve community-level action is examined in the context of a recently established program of slope stability
management in St. Lucia. The program, Management of Slope Stability in Communities (MoSSaiC), is shown to have successfully
fostered not only extensive technical collaboration within government but also to have energized local communities in the shared mission of capacity build through their direct involvement
in the management process. |
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Keywords: | Slope stability Community Public-sector reform |
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