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- Publisher: De Montfort university (DMU). Leicester business school
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- Keywords: local government, governance, research centres, democracy
The Local Governance Research Unit, based at Leicester Business School, is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for theoretically informed, robust and rigorous policy relevant research into British and comparative local governance.
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- Publisher: Swedish International centre for local democracy (ICLD)
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- Keywords: governance, democracy, local government, decentralization in government, civil society, accountability
The ICLD promotes local democracy in low and middle-income countries. Here, local democracy means strengthening local institutions, issues regarding decentralisation, local autonomy, citizen influence, and collaboration between various participants.
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- Publisher: World bank
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- Keywords: economic development, local government, development planning, guidelines
Although mostly aimed at cities, this Local Economic Development (LED) website offers practical guidance, by way of a toolkit, reference guide and primer that may be of some use in a rural, developing-country context. It also shows what the World Bank is doing on Local Economic Development.
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- Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED)
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- Keywords: governance, forest management, social justice, poverty alleviation
The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has produced a series of short films which show how small teams can have a big impact in tackling forest governance. They collectively make the case that for long term sustainability it is necessary to put social justice centre stage.
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- Author(s):
- Publisher: World bank
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- Keywords: decentralization in government, local government, evaluation, development planning, community participation, accountability, poverty alleviation, world bank
A range of tools and methods for PM&E exist, including: (1) participatory rural appraisal (PRA); (2) citizen report card and community score card; (3) public expenditure tracking survey (PETS); (4) beneficiary assessment; and (5) participatory poverty assessment (PPA).