Land, Tony and Dobunaba, Felecia and Fargher, John | 2010
- Author(s): Land, Tony and Dobunaba, Felecia and Fargher, John
- Publisher: Australian agency for international development (AusAID)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, basic services, institutional infrastructure, development projects, development assistance, papua new guinea
The Sub-National Strategy (SNS) is a program of the Australian Government that supports the Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) to improve service delivery by strengthening institutions of local governance.
Land, Tony and Hauck, Volker and Bijl, Jaap | 2003
- Author(s): Land, Tony and Hauck, Volker and Bijl, Jaap
- Publisher: European centre for development policy management (ECDPM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, development assistance, development policy, public administration, public services, development planning, poverty alleviation, governance, uganda, tanzania, benin, burkina faso, mali, bolivia
The report looks at the relationship between sector-wide approaches (SWAps), sector programmes and decentralization processes in different institutional contexts, drawing on five country studies. It examines how SWAps can support sector reforms and decentralization in a balanced and coherent way.
Langford, Malcolm and Augustinus, Clarissa and Westman, Ulrik and Jonsson, Asa | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Langford, Malcolm and Augustinus, Clarissa and Westman, Ulrik and Jonsson, Asa
- Publisher: United nations human settlements programme (UN-Habitat) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, community participation, guidelines, land tenure, land rights, land use
This publication presents a grassroots mechanism for the effective inclusion of local community groups (grassroots). Detailed criteria to assess grassroots participation in order to determine whether it is genuine, effective and rights-based are included.
Langley, Philip and Baltissen, Gerard and Hilhorst, Thea | cop. 2005
- Author(s): Langley, Philip and Baltissen, Gerard and Hilhorst, Thea
- Publisher: Institut royal des tropiques (KIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, elections, local government, development planning, community development, democracy, community participation, administrative reform, benin
Decentralization became effective in Benin from 2003 onwards. This report describes the first 3 years of rolling out the reforms with a focus on the elections, the establishment of the communes, local development planning, and the transfer of responsibilities.
Larsen, Henrik Fredborg | 2005
- Author(s): Larsen, Henrik Fredborg
- Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: public finance, decentralization in government, local finance, poverty alleviation
This primer is intended to provide an introduction to the main principles of fiscal decentralization, to examine linkages between poverty reduction and fiscal decentralization, to briefly describe major comparative experiences, and to clarify UNDP's approaches and entry points.