Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

The Non-state actor component of the Demand for good governance (DFGG) project

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: The Non-state actor component (NSAC)
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  • Keywords: public finance, natural resources, public services, popular participation, accountability, governance, decentralization in government, cambodia
The Demand for Good Governance (DFGG) project, funded by the World Bank, is a four-year good governance project in Cambodia that began in 2009. The project aims to foster citizen demand for good governance approaches by supporting social accountability and other innovative governance approaches.

Public affairs foundation : partnership for better governance

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Public affairs foundation (PAF)
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  • Keywords: community participation, public opinion, accountability, public services, local government, india
The Foundation is a knowledge based organization in India committed to improving quality of public governance by providing advisory services and customized knowledge products for promoting social accountability, including Citizen Report Cards (CRC) and Community Score Cards.

Local organizations : introduction

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED)
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  • Keywords: information exchange, local government, poverty alleviation, community participation
These web pages of the International Institute for Environment and Development have profiles of local organizations that have sought to address governance and poverty reduction related issues.

Local governance and decentralisation

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Joint donors' competence development network (Train4dev.net)
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  • Keywords: local government, governance, decentralization in government, development assistance, capacity building, co-operation between organizations, eu
This initiative is part of the informal development partners working group for local governance and decentralisation (DPWG-LGD). The first pilot training course took place in Brussels in January 2011.

Interaction toolkit

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: UK Local government alliance for international development (LG alliance)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: budgeting, popular participation, finance, manuals, guidelines, development assistance, local government, united kingdom
This toolkit contains tips, guidance and resources to help councils ub the UK and their partners improve the impact of their international development activities. It explains why councils should get involved in development, how to develop a strategy, how to get buy-in, and about setting budgets.
 

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