Local governance
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- Technical guidelines for poverty assessors
- ( A. Cahyat;C. Gönner;M. Haug / Center for International Forestry Research , 2007)
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Reflecting the results of a 3-year participatory learning process, this manual aims to provide technical guidelines and background information to poverty assessors at district, sub-district and vil...
- Does blogging play a part in politics?
- ( International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy , 2007)
- The phenomenon of citizen journalism, facilitated by information technology, is a worldwide success story. This guide provides advice for civic leaders and councils on good practice regarding blogging...
- How to decentralise in the age of glocalisation?
- ( C. K. Sharma / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2008)
- The simultaneous operation of forces of globalisation and localisation which is being described as the process of glocalization, calls for fresh perspectives on decentralisation. This paper is an atte...
- How to mainstream gender in local governance
- ( United Nations Human Settlements Programme , 2008)
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Women and girls make up the majority of the population in most countries, therefore, it can be argued that local democracy, inclusiveness and sustainability can only be achieved when this shar...
- Assessing corruption in Indonesia
- ( T. Rinaldi;M. Purnomo;D. Damayanti / World Bank Research , 2007)
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A year after regional autonomy entered into force in 2001, a wave of corruption cases swept across Indonesia’s newly empowered regional parliaments. The disclosure of corruption cases on this...
- Participatory governance in South Africa
- ( L. Thompson / African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy , 2007)
- Since the drafting of the new South African Constitution, with its strong emphasis on both civil and socio-economic rights, there has been much debate on how these rights translate into policy and, ev...
- A training manual for local authorities responding to HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
- ( Tanzania Commission for AIDS , 2007)
- Tanzania is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Tanzania Commission for AIDS was established as part of the government response to the HIV epidemic.This manual is part of th...
- Traditional forms of collective action influence decentralisation reforms
- ( P. Arnaldo / Tampere University , 2007)
- This study analyses the characteristics of community participation in Cambodian rural schools. It looks at the spaces for participation created by the decentralisation reforms that the Government of C...
- Collective action for effective dispute resolution
- ( Center for Advanced Study , 2006)
- Improving the performance of Cambodia’s justice sector has been a priority for the government and donors since the promulgation of the country’s current Constitution in 1993. This paper an...
- Subnational governance in Afghanistan
- ( H. Nixon / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2008)
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This working paper presents findings on subnational governance in Afghanistan, including the role that Community Development Councils (CDCs) play at community levels.
The author finds t...
