Effectively addressing climate change impacts, requires action and adaptation at the local level. The United Nations Capital Development Fund and the World Resources Institute (WRI) have created an adaptation monitoring and...
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REGIONAL SEMINAR on Decentralisation & Local Governance In Latin and Central America - Exploring relevant EU response strategies in a differentiated cooperation context (Quito, Ecuador, 10-13 June 2013) Session 2.1.1. The...
REGIONAL SEMINAR on Decentralisation & Local Governance In Latin and Central America - Exploring relevant EU response strategies in a differentiated cooperation context (Quito, Ecuador, 10-13 June 2013) Session 2.1.2. Short...
This participants’ kit aims to provide a common understanding of the basic concepts of decentralisation, their history and rationale.It also explores the coherence and complementarities between the different elements of fiscal...
This presentation covers the rationale and history of decentralisation, basic concepts, introduces the open system of interacting elements in relation to decentralisationand warns of applying blueprints. You can access the full a...
This participants’ kit explores the usefulness of political economy diagnostics for understanding decentralisation and local governance processes. It also looks at how domestic accountability works in decentralised contexts, and...
This reference document from the European Commission (EC) provides guidance to EC sector specialists on how to improve the quality and impact of response strategies at sector level by analysing governance in sectors in a more...
How does poor governance constrain development? This paper was prepared for the launch of the OECD DAC Network on Governance (GOVNET) work-stream on Aid and Domestic Accountability. It sets out a conceptual framework and approach...
Decentralisation reforms have rarely bred empowered democratic local authorities. Discretion and accountability relationships depend on the political economy of each country, and historical/colonial legacies. Findings result from...
This document makes suggestions for Terms of Reference and an outline forPolitical Economy of Decentralisation Analysis (PEDCA) studies. This document has been extracted and adapted from Eaton, K. et al, (2010) “The Political...