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- W2774317304 abstract "The political behaviour of public institutions exhibited in the management of critical natural resources influences the nature of service delivery. In particular, the character of such public organizations as regulators of natural resources, like water, impacts not only on what such management bodies do and their functionality, but also on the way they respond to public accountable systems. The latter systems refer to those formal and informal public frameworks that emphasize the need to ensure that water services are delivered effectively, efficiently, satisfactorily and in a sustainable manner. It is mostly the shortfalls in such accountable systems, as is the case in most developing countries’ cities, that prompts analysis of the role of politics in the relevant public organizations. Thus, this article is intended to explore pertinent issues particularly relevant to the interests, rational choices and calculations in the regulation of natural resource management and the modes in which they impact on accountable systems in Uganda. Using a descriptive and correlational research design, data were collected using questionnaires administered to 1,086 respondents from key stakeholders in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). The findings indicate that political considerations by water managers mostly led to utility maximization of selfinterest rather than serving public interest in terms of decisions which were characterized by minimal participation of lower-level employees and water consumers. The level of adherence to accountable systems was low, suggesting that managers in water provision services were working hard to satisfy their political masters rather than the clients they served. The political considerations that underlined the practices in water resource management significantly watered down the promotion of accountable systems, but also affected the efficiency of the National Water and Sewage Corporation (NWSC). The article concludes that politics in organizations promotes skewed management practices that ultimately undermine accountable systems in the provision of critical resources such as water at the expense of consumers and citizens. Public reforms that enhance the independence of public institutions charged with the provision of vital development resources, which also enhance accountable systems in the public interest, are the most appropriate policy response to this challenge. Key Words : Politics, natural resource management, accountable systems, water delivery services, Uganda. Le comportement politique manifeste par les institutions publiques dans la gestion des ressources naturelles essentielles a un impact sur la nature de la prestation des services. En particulier, le caractere de ces organismes publics, en tant que regulateurs des ressources naturelles, comme l'eau, a un impact non seulement sur les activites et la fonctionnalite des organes de gestion, mais aussi sur la facon dont ils repondent aux systemes publics de reddition de comptes. Ces systemes se referent aux cadres publics formels et informels qui mettent l'accent sur la necessite de veiller a ce que les services d'approvisionnement en eau soient fournis de maniere efficace, efficiente, satisfaisante et durable. Ce sont surtout les insuffisances de ces systemes de reddition de comptes, comme c'est le cas dans la plupart des villes des pays en voie de developpement, qui incitent a analyser le role de la politique dans les organisations publiques concernees. Le present article vise donc a etudier les questions pertinentes particulierement liees aux interets, aux choix rationnels et aux calculs dans la reglementation de la gestion des ressources naturelles et le degre auquel ils influent sur les systemes de reddition de comptes en Ouganda. Sur la base d’un plan de recherche descriptif et correlationnel, les donnees ont ete recueillies a l'aide de questionnaires administres a 1 086 repondants parmi les principales parties prenantes de la « Kampala Capital City Authority » (KCCA, Autorite de la ville capitale de Kampala). Les resultats indiquent que les considerations politiques des responsables de la gestion de l'eau ont surtout conduit a la priorisation de l'interet personnel au detriment de l'interet public dans la prise de decisions caracterisee par une representation minimale des employes de niveau inferieur et des consommateurs d'eau. Le niveau d'adhesion aux systemes de reddition de comptes etait faible, ce qui laisse supposer que les responsables des services d'approvisionnement en eau travaillaient essentiellement pour satisfaire leurs maitres politiques plutot que les clients qu'ils desservaient. Les considerations politiques qui sous-tendent les pratiques en matiere de gestion des ressources en eau ont considerablement attenue la promotion de systemes de reddition de comptes, mais ont egalement affecte l'efficacite de la « National Water and Sewage Corporation » (NWSC, Societe nationale d'approvisionnement en eau et d'assainissement). En conclusion, nous soutenons que la politique dans les organisations favorise des pratiques de gestion biaisees qui, en fin de compte, entament les systemes de reddition de comptes dans la fourniture de ressources essentielles telles que l'eau, aux depens des consommateurs et des citoyens. Des reformes publiques visant a renforcer l'independance des institutions publiques chargees de fournir des ressources vitales pour le developpement, ainsi que les systemes d’obligation redditionnelle dans l'interet public, constituent la reponse politique la plus appropriee a ce defi. Mots cles : Politique, gestion des ressources naturelles, systemes d’obligation redditionnelle, services d’approvisionnement en eau, Ouganda." @default.
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- W2774317304 title "Politics of Natural Resource Management and Accountable Systems in the Delivery of Water Services in Uganda" @default.
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