Localizing the MDGs : unlocking the potential of the local public sector to engage in development and poverty reduction

Abstract: This paper explores how local governments and deconcentrated national government departments can contribute to achieving poverty reduction and development outcomes. Increasingly, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are pursued in a top-down manner.

Author(s): Boex, Jamie

Source(s): , IDG working paper; 2010-04 18 p., ill., graph, tab IDG working paper 2010-04

Published: 2010 Urban institute center on international development and governance (IDG), [Washington, DC] (English

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Link: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412237-Localizing-the-MDGs.pdf

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