NGOs make effective intermediaries (BAIFA Resources)
This policy briefing illustrates how civil society organisations play an instrumental role in scaling up...
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nongovernmental organizations, civil society, community participation, development assistance, aids, burkina faso
Removing user fees in the health sector in low-income countries : a multi-country review (BAIFA Resources)
This study, commissioned by UNICEF, reviews the experience of the removal of user fees for...
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health economics, health policy, public health, burkina faso, burundi, ghana, liberia, senegal, uganda
Comparative assessment of decentralization in Africa : final report and summary of findings (BAIFA Resources)
This comparative study draws lessons from African country experiences with decentralization. Accountability remains mostly upward....
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decentralization in government, fiscal policy, public services, capacity building, public administration, africa south of sahara, botswana, burkina faso, ethiopia, ghana, mali, mozambique, nigeria, south africa, tanzania, uganda
Decentralisation and community-based planning (BAIFA Resources)
Community Based Planning (CBP) as a means of promoting community involvement in development projects, and...
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community development, community participation, decentralization in government, development planning, local government, empowerment, guidelines, south africa, uganda, ghana, zimbabwe, burkina faso, himachal pradesh, india, philippines, vietnam, brazil, bangladesh
Women's empowerment and good governance through community radio : best experiences for an action research process (BAIFA Resources)
This collection of articles seeks to contribute to the impact of community radio on governance...
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radio, information networks, women, empowerment, popular participation, community participation, women in politics, governance, local government, accountability, burkina faso, cameroon, niger, nigeria, congo, ghana, jordan, algeria, indonesia, fiji, mexico, haiti, peru, latin america, africa, asia
Building capacities for monitoring and evaluating decentralisation and local governance : experiences, challenges, perspectives (BAIFA Resources)
Drawing on the results from action research conducted in six African countries, the authors discuss...
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decentralization in government, local government, governance, evaluation, capacity building, benin, burkina faso, cameroon, ghana, mali, niger
Building coherence between sector reforms and decentralisation : do SWAps provide the missing link? (BAIFA Resources)
The report looks at the relationship between sector-wide approaches (SWAps), sector programmes and decentralization processes...
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decentralization in government, development assistance, development policy, public administration, public services, development planning, poverty alleviation, governance, uganda, tanzania, benin, burkina faso, mali, bolivia
Impediments and innovations in knowledge sharing : the case of the African shea sector (BAIFA Resources)
General impediments to knowledge sharing in the shea sector are discussed. Divergent visions of the...
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oilseed plants, vegetable oils, commodity trade, marketing, quality control, profit, small scale industry, information exchange, africa south of sahara, burkina faso
Promoting sustainable cotton production in West Africa : potential supply chain strategies : sustainable business development (BAIFA Resources)
What motivates chain actors in the supply chain to actively promote the sustainability of West...
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commodity trade, cotton, purchasing, sustainable development, private sector, enterprise development, west africa, burkina faso, mali
Mobilising tax revenue to finance development : the case for property taxation in Francophone Africa (BAIFA Resources)
The design and implementation of property tax systems in West Africa as a source of...
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decentralization in government, fiscal policy, property tax, local government, development assistance, capacity building, west africa, burkina faso, cameroon, central african republic, chad, congo, comoros, ivory coast, gabon, madagascar, mali, mauritania, rwanda, senegal