Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Land matrix : the online public database on land deals

| 2012- ]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International land coalition (ILC) etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cartography, data bases, information systems, foreign investments, land acquisition, asia and the pacific, south east asia, south asia, latin america, africa south of sahara
Land Matrix is an online database which provides a summary of total land deals by region. Any user can submit details of a deal and help in improving the richness and accuracy of the database. The information provided is filtered and cross-checked by the partnership before it is made public.

FreeBalance : modernizing public financial management = modernise la gestion des finances publiques = modernizando el manejo de las finanzas pŮ’blicas

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: FreeBalance
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: management, information technology, administrative reform, public administration, fiscal policy, decentralization in government
FreeBalance is a global provider of software solutions for public financial management (PFM). PFM is an essential part of the international development process. FreeBalance solutions support government modernization, fiscal decentralization, and public finance reform across all levels of government.

Planact : making towns & cities work for people

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Planact
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: capacity building, poverty alleviation, local government, community participation, nongovernmental organizations, south africa
Planact is a people-centred, community development organization in Gauteng, South Africa. It builds the capacity of civil society to engage with government and become partners in development, targeting the most marginalized and disadvantaged communities.

NED : National endowment for democracy : supporting freedom around the world

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: National endowment for democracy (NED)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, elections, governance, local government, civil society, development assistance, democracy, nongovernmental organizations
Each year, with funding from the US Congress, NED supports more than 1,000 projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 90 countries. Grantees include groups that promote civic engagement in local governance.

Centre for policy studies

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centre for policy studies (CPS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: popular participation, democracy, local government, governance, decentralization in government, development policy, africa south of sahara, south africa
Originally established in the Business School of the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987, CPS' current focus of research is on policy, governance and democratisation, not only in South Africa, but in continental Africa at large.
 

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