Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia

Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia

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Main Author: Bah, Tayib M.
Language:English
Published: Ohio University / OhioLINK 2021
Subjects:
Geography
Environmental Studies
Ecology
climate change adaptation
multi-level governance
decentralization
The Gambia
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1628854126204808
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou16288541262048082021-09-11T05:17:14Z Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia Bah, Tayib M. Geography Environmental Studies Ecology climate change adaptation multi-level governance decentralization The Gambia There has been increasing interest in climate change adaptation among local and international actors. This has given rise to tension in priority setting in the adaptation landscape. The multiplicity of actors and the multi-level landscape in which these actors interact has raised concern about whose priorities are reflected in adaptation responses programs. The thesis seeks to characterize the adaptation landscape in the Gambia to determine the adaptation priorities that have emerged over the past decade. It also seeks to establish whether local Gambian NGOs have agency in influencing local adaptation priorities. Using key informant interviews among actors as well as analysis of important policy documents, the thesis argues that (a) the Gambia’s adaptation priorities are centered around increasing agricultural productivity, forest resource management, efficient energy use among others priorities and have not significantly evolved since the 2007 NAPA; (b) power in the national adaptation governance landscape is highly centralized and concentrated around the key ministries, an inter-ministerial climate change coordinating body, and few international actors; (c) local Gambian NGOs have limited agency in determining the direction of national adaptation priorities; and (d) local Gambian NGOs retain limited elements of agency in determining their own framings and priorities for adaptation intervention response program. This thesis argues that local Gambian NGOs should be engaged in wider consultative processes for setting national adaptation priorities by the government and international NGOs. 2021-09-10 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1628854126204808 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1628854126204808 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Geography
Environmental Studies
Ecology
climate change adaptation
multi-level governance
decentralization
The Gambia
spellingShingle Geography
Environmental Studies
Ecology
climate change adaptation
multi-level governance
decentralization
The Gambia
Bah, Tayib M.
Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
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title Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
title_short Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
title_full Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
title_fullStr Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
title_full_unstemmed Local NGOs and Adaptation Governance: A Multi-Level Governance Analysis of Adaptation Priorities and NGO Agency in The Gambia
title_sort local ngos and adaptation governance: a multi-level governance analysis of adaptation priorities and ngo agency in the gambia
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