| 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Democracy development programme (DDP)
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- Keywords: social development, empowerment, popular participation, civil society, capacity building, democracy, governance, south africa
Since its initiation in 1993, the DDP has been a non-partisan non-profit organisation, supporting capacity building on governance and civil society levels to ensure that both are empowered for meaningful participation in South Africa’s social transformation.
| 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Norwegian institute for urban and regional research (NIBR)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: research, social aspects, governance, decentralization in government, latin america, south east asia, south asia, east africa, southern africa
The Norwegian Institute for Uban and Regional Research (NIBR) is an independent social science research institution. It conducts governance studies, nationally and internationally, southern and East Africa, South and south-east Asia, and Latin America.
| 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: natural resources, health, education, agricultural development, popular participation, democracy, administrative reform, fiscal policy, decentralization in government, local government
This sourcebook provides general background information, presents case studies from around the world, and discusses a number of issues in programme design including administrative, fiscal, political decentralization, and issues related to agriculture, health, education, and natural resources.
| 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Afesis-corplan
- Pages: --
- Keywords: nongovernmental organizations, community participation, governance, local government, south africa
Afesis-corplan is a non-governmental organisation that has contributed to community-driven development and good local governance in the Border-Kei (Amathole) region of the Eastern Cape since 1992.
| 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: SANGONeT
- Pages: --
- Keywords: popular participation, local government, development aspects, information exchange, nongovernmental organizations, south africa
Since its inception, NGO Pulse has developed a wide range of online resources to highlight development issues in South Africa and the wider southern African region. Its main objectives are to develop the institutional capacity of the NGO sector through providing information.