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• Traditional leadership and democracy in Africa : the experience of Botswana
  2009], Sharma, Keshav C. Portal

  The role of chieftainships in modern African democracies and land tenure is discussed, using the...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• Traditional structures in local governance for local development
  2004, Lutz, Georg and Linder, Wolf Portal

  The aim of this study is to analyse existing literature and case studies on traditional...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• Training agencies for citizen involvement : the many meanings of decentralization and their effects on democratic reform
  2009], Witesman, Eva M. and Wise, Charles R. Portal

  The effect of government structure on availability of training in three different skills necessary for...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• Training manual to facilitate decentralized local government planning activities to empower communities in the context of public sector reform : concept and method of decentralized local government planning processes
  2009], Kamara, Kenday Samuel Portal

  This training manual includes information on: (1) the key areas of decentralization; (2) the rational...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• Transforming bureaucracies : institutionalising participation and people centred processes in natural resource management : an annotated bibliography
  2000- ], Bainbridge, Vanessa E-article

  This guide to pre-2000 literature on organizational change and the institutionalization of participation in natural...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• Transnational research : decentralization in west and central Africa : learning from local and intersector lessons : education, water, health : summary report of case studies
  2012, Malam Moussa, Laouli and Ilboudo, Ernest K. Portal

  A study was conducted in West and Central Africa to study the impact of decentralization...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• UCLG ASPAC : United cities and local governments Asia Pacific
  cop. 2010-, Portal

  Based in Jakarta, UCGL-ASPAC is the biggest sections in UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments),...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• UCLG Capacity and institution building working group (CIB WG)
  cop. 2012-, Portal

  UCLG's CIB WG brings together professional practitioners from local governments and LGAs, active in the...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• UCLG peace prize : creating peace from the local level : proposal of the UCLG Committee on development cooperation and city diplomacy
  [ca. 2012], Portal

  Local governments have an important role to play in situations of conflict. This Prize aims...

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  Decentralization & local governance
  

• UCLG policy paper on local finance : including the UCLG support paper
  [ca. 2008], Portal

  Local finance is instrumental in any decentralization process and therefore a priority for UCLG. The...

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  Decentralization & local governance