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Local Solutions in the Philippines
June 10, 2015 – Washington DC: Save the Children launched a new report today assessing the results of USAID’s “Local Solutions” initiative in the Philippines. It was launched in partnership with the Brookings Global Economy and Development at the National Press Club. Save the Children president Carolyn Miles introduced a panel moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow George…
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Partnership Between the People, Local Government Bodies and Central Government for Achieving MDGs in Bangladesh
[The following paper was presented by Professor Badiul Alam Majumdar, Ph.D., Global Vice President and Country Director, The Hunger Project–Bangladesh at the International Political Science Association (IPSA), 10 July 2014] “People are poor because they are powerless. We must organize people for power. They must organize themselves in such a way that they can change…
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Tarjeta de Puntuación
Tenemos la intención de trabajar con la comunidad local de práctica de la democracia local participativa para desarrollar y utilizar una tarjeta de puntuación de gobernanza compartida para evaluar y clasificar la democracia local en todo el mundo. Este cuadro de mando elevará el perfil de la democracia local a través de la publicación anual…
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UNDP – Measuring Local Governance
UNDP’s Oslo Governance Center produced this useful guide to measuring local governance, published in 2009. The purpose of the Guide is “to compile existing knowledge and decentralization and local governance measurement and provide a platform for understanding and navigating the array of assessment tools that exist…” This report is a treasure chest of references to frameworks,…
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Leap forward : local authorities exchange
Abstract: A special of the P+ magazine about Municipal International Cooperation. With inspiring examples about a.o. social housing in South Africa, the Millennium Municipality Campaign and separation of waste in Uganda. Author(s): Bom, Jan; Unen, Astrid Van; Martin, Niall Source(s): , Magazine P+ : VNG special; Sept./Oct. 19 p., ill Magazine P+ : VNG special…