Participation in policy processes
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- How are major cities in East Asia responding to climate change?
- ( World Bank , 2008)
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This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia to help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate change consequences contribute to urban v...
- How do civil organisations work?
- ( A. G. Lavalle;G. Castello;R. M Bichir / Centre for the Future State, IDS , 2008)
- Despite the widespread attention given to civil organisations, this paper notes surprisingly little is known about their modus operandi. The idea that they possess general characterisations of a socie...
- 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...
- 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...
How can government spending be monitored?
- ( V. Ramkumar / International Budget Project , 2008)
- The third in a series of guides covering financial budgeting and accountability, this paper offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools t...
- The participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies
- ( W. Eberlei / Social Development, World Bank , 2007)
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This paper is part of a research project analysing the participation of stakeholders beyond the drafting process of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). A number of constraints impede meaningful par...
- Local contexts influence the outcomes of participatory budgeting
- ( T. Wood;Warwick E. Murray / Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation, University of Amsterdam , 2007)
- This paper presents a comparative evaluation of participatory budgeting experience in the cities of Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte in Brazil with the objective of finding out how local circumstances ...
- What are the opportunities for participatory development in China?
- ( Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit , 2006)
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Despite vast economic change in China over the last decades, political change remains slow. There are however opportunities for engaging in political participation at the local level. This paper ex...
- How can Bolivia avoid violence over its new constitution?
- ( International Crisis Group , 2007)
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Bolivia is moving dangerously towards renewed violence as the government of President Evo Morales and his Movement toward Socialism (MAS) party seeks to embed sweeping state reforms in a new consti...
- What are the current challenges facing Bolivia’s MAS government?
- ( Bolivia Information Forum , 2007)
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This report bulletin focuses on recent developments and issues in Bolivia under the current MAS government led by Evo Morales. It particularly focuses on four themes:
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