Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Participatory budgeting in Africa : a training companion : part II: Facilitation methods

Matovu, George and Mumvuma, Takawira | [2007]
  • Author(s): Matovu, George and Mumvuma, Takawira
  • Publisher: Municipal development partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA) : with UN-Habitat
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, municipal government, budgeting, popular participation, guidelines, training programmes, accountability, africa south of sahara
Part 2 of the companion dwells on putting participatory budgeting into practice. It gives examples of participatory budgeting case studies from African, Latin America and Europe and proposes solutions to key constraints to practicing participatory budgeting in Africa.

New participatory instruments in local governance : cases from Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda : paper

Matovu, George W.M. | 2011
  • Author(s): Matovu, George W.M.
  • Publisher: Local government managers Australia (LGMA)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, popular participation, public services, governance, civil society, uganda, rwanda, south africa
The importance of community participation in Africa is illustrated, using case studies from Rwanda (health services) and Uganda (Local-to-Local Dialogue) that are intended to strengthen both the action and voice of local citizens in delivering public services.

Project management in local government : a systemic and strategic approach

Mbambo, Mondli | 2010
  • Author(s): Mbambo, Mondli
  • Publisher: Institute for local government management (iLGM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, public administration, project activities, community participation, south africa
This paper was presented by Mondli Mbambo at the 14th Annual National Conference of the Institute for Local Government Management in South Africa. It deals with how municipal projects are organized and managed, how this can be improved, and how communities can participate.

Democratic decentralisation and poverty reduction in Madhya Pradesh : searching for an institutional equilibrium

McCarten, William and Vyasulu, Vinod | 2004
  • Author(s): McCarten, William and Vyasulu, Vinod
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 733--740
  • Keywords: poverty alleviation, decentralization in government, public services, education, democracy, governance, madhya pradesh, india
In Madhya Pradesh (MP), India, innovative decentralization was used as a lever to expand and improve basic service delivery for improving school access and promoting direct democracy at the village level.

Benchmarking housing in South Africa : good practices in municipal housing

McCarthy, Malcolm and Lollo, Adrian di and Kuiper, Stefanie and Essink, Michelle and Meijer, Nienke | 2010
  • Author(s): McCarthy, Malcolm and Lollo, Adrian di and Kuiper, Stefanie and Essink, Michelle and Meijer, Nienke
  • Publisher: VNG international [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: municipal government, housing, social aspects, evaluation, guidelines, south africa
This publication shares experiences of South African municipalities based on the results of benchmarks on housing and social housing that were conducted from May to November 2010. Good practices and guiding principles are included to assist municipalities in their housing service delivery.
 

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