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Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Afrobarometer : an African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa

| 2007-
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  • Publisher: Afrobarometer
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  • Keywords: public opinion, public opinion polls, democracy, development, market economies, civil society, local government, social development, economic growth, africa, africa south of sahara
Afrobarometer is African-led initiative that reports the results of national sample surveys on the attitudes of citizens in selected African countries towards democracy, markets, civil society, and other aspects of development.

Pelican initiative : platform for evidence-based learning & communications for social change

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Bellanet : with UNAIDS etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: social development, development aspects, information exchange, internet, human resources, innovations, co-operation between organizations, capacity building
A Dgroup that brings together development practitioners from different disciplines to enhance practical understanding of joint learning processes in development and to identify strategies to strengthen them.

Rural decentralization and local governance videos : a video playlist selected by editors of Rural decentralization and local governance dossiers

| 2007-
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  • Publisher: YouTube
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  • Keywords: decentralization in government, local government
A video playlist selected by editors of KIT's Rural Decentralization and Local Governance portal & dossiers

Development research centre on citizenship, participation and accountability

| 2007-
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  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS). Development research centre (DRC) on citizenship, participation and accountability
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  • Keywords: local government, conflict, globalization, poverty alleviation, research
The Centre helps improve the relationships between marginalized people and the institutions that affect their lives through a network of researchers and practitioners dealing with citizenship, local-global interaction, and intercommunal violence.

Decentralization and local governance in Asia and the Pacific

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP). Asia-Pacific regional centre
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  • Keywords: local government, governance, capacity building, poverty alleviation, reconstruction, asia and the pacific
The UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok is engaged in 3 focal areas: (1) strengthening local democratic governance; (2) achieving the MDGs at the local level; and (3) decentralized governance in conflict and post-crisis situations. RDLG/1/9
 

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