Insights from the District Development Project, Uganda

District Development Project (DDP) Pilot was set up to support the efforts of Ugandans to eradicate poverty in rural areas through improved inclusiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in the delivery of public goods and services. The Project's primary objective is to provide technical and financial resources to enable the definition, testing and application of a range of participatory planning, allocation and investment management procedures.

The basis of the DDP Pilot is the Local Development Fund (LDF) and Capacity Building Fund (CBF). The LDF and CBF provide decentralised, non-sectoral funds for access by local governments. The DDP has been adapted to fit within current Ugandan legislation and development policy and is ideally suited to assisting the Government of Uganda to address the policy, capacity, and fiscal constraints to be faced in the next stage of decentralisation

WWW site offers 5 briefing papers on the programme:

• Mentoring of Lower Level Local Governments by District Local Governments by Martin Onyach-Olaa
• Production Arrangements: from design through appraisal and supervision
• Assessment of the Cascade Training by Annet Mpabulungi
• Commitment, Participation, and Trustby James Omoding, Annet Mpabulungi, and Deb Johnson
• Local Government Planning

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