Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

2012 highlights : activity report from Florence to Dakar

| 2012
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  • Publisher: United cities and local governments (UCLG)
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  • Keywords: decentralization in government, basic services, public services, development strategies, local government
In 2012, among many other things, the UCLG has advocated for the inclusion of the local authories' views in the post-2015 development agenda. The 3rd Global Report on Decentralization and Local Democracy (in 2013) will be devoted to the role of local governments in the provision of basic services.

New partnerships in decentralised cooperation

| 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Eudevdays.eu
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  • Keywords: eu, co-operation between organizations, public sector, private sector, development assistance, decentralization in government
The objectives of this EU-sponsored, inclusive High-Level Platform are to: (1) demonstrate the relevance of local and regional governments; (2) highlight the growing importance of public-private partnerships; and (3) provide local and regional governments with a theoretical and practical framework.

Sharpening our understanding of decentralisation : summary of the 'Grand panel' discussion

| 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Capacity4dev.eu
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  • Keywords: social development, economic development, development assistance, development strategies, decentralization in government
In July 2012, an advanced seminar on decentralization was held in Brussels to address the following questions: (1) why should donor agencies care more about decentralization? (2) how can decentralisation be “instrumental” to development? and (3) how to provide smart support to decentralization?

Using and strengthening partner systems at the subnational level

| 2012
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  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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  • Keywords: capacity building, development projects, development assistance, popular participation, civil society, local government
The Busan Declaration assigns local governments an important role as a link between citizens and the state. It stipulates that donors who do not use partner systems, due to their poor quality, must identify and help implement the quality deficits as well as measures to strengthening them.

Lessons of Asia's decentralisation for Indonesia's second decade of decentralisation

| 2012
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  • Publisher: Provincial governance strengthening programme (PGSP)]
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  • Keywords: poverty alleviation, ethnic conflict, ethnic and racial groups, legal aspects, history, decentralization in government, local government, asia
This brief examines Asian decentralization form many angles: from historical accident to deliberate constitutional constructs, from mechanisms for managing diversity to ways of reducing poverty, and from giving voice to local communities to instruments for separatism and ethnic tension.
 

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