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Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Food crisis and the global land grab : governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food or simply to make money

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Asian peasant coalition (APC) etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: land acquisition, land tenure, land rights, food security, social justice, information networks
This blog serves as a resource for those monitoring or researching the global rush to buy up or lease farmlands abroad to secure basic food supplies or simply for profit.

Governance matters : a blog about governance and development for all

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, civil society, development assistance, public sector, human rights
This is the World Bank's blog on governance and anti-corruption. It aims at providing a space for debate and knowledge sharing on this critical field of development.

Participatory budgeting initiatives around the world - Google maps

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Google]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: popular participation, budgeting, local government
This map shows Participatory Budgeting (PB) activities world wide. PB can be broadly defined as the participation of citizens in the decision-making process of budget allocation and monitoring public spending.

Euro-African partnership for decentralised governance

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Euro-African partnership for decentralised governance
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local government, decentralization in government, development assistance, partnership, africa, europe
The Euro African Partnership for Decentralized Governance aims to contribute to the strengthening of local governance in Africa by promoting the establishment of relationships between African and European local institutions.

PREVAL monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) for rural development

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: PREVAL
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: project evaluation, rural development, capacity building, project monitoring, project planning
PREVAL is a global platform working with (national and local) government institutions, project technical units, and rural organisations to build and strengthen capacity to develop and implement Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation systems to produce information for decision making and learning.
 

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This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on Rural Decentralization and Local Governance.