Institutional externalities and actor performance in polycentric governance systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Mewhirter ◽  
Mark Lubell ◽  
Ramiro Berardo
Keyword(s):  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Governance Systems

scholarly journals The Origins of Conflict in Polycentric Governance Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lubell ◽  
Jack Mewhirter ◽  
Ramiro Berardo
Keyword(s):  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Governance Systems

scholarly journals Polycentric Regional Ocean Governance Opportunity in the Benguela Current Convention

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Naidoo ◽  
Hashali Hamukuaya ◽  
Mafaniso Hara ◽  
Yamkela Mngxe ◽  
Jesper Raakjær
Keyword(s):  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Fisheries Science ◽  
Marine Management ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Benguela Current ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

The Benguela Current Convention (BCC) has been operational for a decade and has emerged from the precursor natural and fisheries science large marine ecosystem programs. This regional ocean governance institution emerged indigenously as an intergovernmental working arrangement across the Republics of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. The Convention has been described as a Centralized Authority mode of regional ocean governance. This paper explores this description with reference to the ecosystem-based approach to marine management. The study is focused on the level of working arrangements within the Convention and its Commission across the national and regional scales. It finds that the BCC does meet the theoretical criteria of a polycentric governance mechanism at the resolution of its operations. Polycentric ocean governance mechanisms are valued in regional ocean governance as they potentially offer greater impact through higher levels of coordination, codesign, and integration. Polycentric governance systems incorporate multiple centers of authority that operate at different scales. Existing instances and further opportunities for polycentric governance mechanisms within the working arrangements of the Convention are identified for the Southeast Atlantic.

Competition in Polycentric Governance Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 152-172
Author(s):  
Dustin E. Garrick ◽  
Sergio Villamayor-Tomás
Keyword(s):  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Governance Systems

Microfinance and Polycentric Governance as Strategies for Renewable Energy Deployment in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-141
Author(s):  
Dumisani Chirambo
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Nationally Determined Contributions ◽  
Sub Saharan

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the least electrified regions in the world and also a region that is characterized by poverty and inequality due to high levels of climate change vulnerability. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, SSA policymakers are compelled to devise new innovative strategies and policies to enhance investments in renewable energy technologies (RETs). Accordingly, this chapter provides an assessment of some strategies to accelerate RET deployment and the potential of polycentric governance systems to improve RET deployment. The assessment concluded that even though renewable energy investments through climate finance and microfinance modalities are not at a level sufficient to ensure that universal energy access can be attained in the region, SSA can still accelerate its progress on RET deployment by utilizing nationally determined contributions as instruments to direct South-South aid, trade, and investments into priority renewable energy sub-sectors.

Microfinance and Polycentric Governance as Strategies for Renewable Energy Deployment in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 1909-1930
Author(s):  
Dumisani Chirambo
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Polycentric Governance ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Nationally Determined Contributions ◽  
Sub Saharan

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the least electrified regions in the world and also a region that is characterized by poverty and inequality due to high levels of climate change vulnerability. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, SSA policymakers are compelled to devise new innovative strategies and policies to enhance investments in renewable energy technologies (RETs). Accordingly, this chapter provides an assessment of some strategies to accelerate RET deployment and the potential of polycentric governance systems to improve RET deployment. The assessment concluded that even though renewable energy investments through climate finance and microfinance modalities are not at a level sufficient to ensure that universal energy access can be attained in the region, SSA can still accelerate its progress on RET deployment by utilizing nationally determined contributions as instruments to direct South-South aid, trade, and investments into priority renewable energy sub-sectors.

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