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Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Building bridges between the state & the people : an overview of UNDP's recent and current interventions in public administration and local governance in Africa

Keuleers, Patrick | 2010
  • Author(s): Keuleers, Patrick
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public administration, administrative reform, decentralization in government, local government, accountability, development assistance, africa south of sahara

Building bridges between the state & the people : an overview of UNDP's recent and current interventions in public administration and local governance in Latin America & the Caribbean

Keuleers, Patrick | 2010
  • Author(s): Keuleers, Patrick
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public administration, administrative reform, decentralization in government, local government, accountability, development assistance, latin america, caribbean region
This is one of the regional stock-taking papers capturing UNDPs recent and current work in public administration, civil service reform, decentralization and local government, as well as initiatives that touch directly on the public administration at the national and sub-national levels.

Building bridges between the state & the people : an overview of trends and developments in public administration and local governance

Keuleers, Patrick | 2010
  • Author(s): Keuleers, Patrick
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: public administration, local government, natural resources, land tenure, gender, popular participation, accountability, decentralization in government, governance
This publication provides an analytical overview of trends in public administration and civil service reform, decentralization and local governance at country, regional and global levels. It looks at PA&LG interventions in post-conflict contexts and addresses emerging issues and challenges.

Educational governance at local level : policy paper & evaluation guidelines

Khan, Faryal | 2007
  • Author(s): Khan, Faryal
  • Publisher: United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO). Division for the promotion of basic education
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: education, decentralization in government, governance, popular participation, social development, human rights, evaluation, guidelines
This booklet contains a policy paper on implementing educational decentralization and local governance, followed by evaluation guidelines for developing a framework to evaluate progress in the implementation of devolution at country level. The need for participation in diversity is emphasized.

Educational governance at local level : modules for capacity building

Khan, Faryal | 2007
  • Author(s): Khan, Faryal
  • Publisher: United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO). Division for the promotion of basic education
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, civil society, popular participation, private sector, development planning, local government, governance, capacity building, guidelines
This booklet contains four training modules for implementing educational governance at the local level. The subjects are: (1) policy & context; (2) civil society: participation & public-private partnership; (3) planning for district education & local governance; and (4) school based governance.
 

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