Title: Global forum on local development report : pursuing the MDGs through local government

Authors: Pisik, Betsy and Pace, Chiara

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: United nations capital development fund (UNCDF)

Year: cop. 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: governance, decentralization in government, development policy, development strategies, poverty alleviation, local government

Abstract: A large and diverse range of stakeholders gathered around the central question: do local governments hold the key to faster MDG achievement? The message coming out of Kampala was clear: a new policy approach must place greater emphasis on the local arena. Some favoured a more “bottom-up” approach.

URL: http://www.uncdf.org/sites/default/files/Download/gfld.pdf

Document type: Portal