This paper from the United Nations Capital Development Fund provides an overview of lessons learned from the design and implementation of performance-based grant systems (PBGSs) for local governments in 15 developing countries...
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This desk study provides an overview of development partners’ support to decentralisation and local governance. The study looks into issues of management of decentralisation processes, coordination and harmonisation, alignment and...
This issue of Making It: Industry for Development focuses on recent developments in global trade. In the keynote article, Peter Sutherland, a former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, argues that a conclusion of the...
Mozambique loses a fortune to illegal timber exports Corruption in world’s fourth poorest country aids illegal logging & timber smuggling to China LONDON: Weak forest governance and corruption in Mozambique are facilitating...
Publication Date: 2013This synthesis report was conducted in cooperation with the Policy Research Centre for Environment and Economy, a subsidiary of the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection. It examines five sectors in...
Publication Date: 2012 This booklet presents 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. Contents Theme: Capacity Building Strengthening capacity for conflict prevention and the...
In 2007, the EU established the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA). By the end of 2012, over 45 GCCA programmes will either be up and running or in preparation in more than 35 countries and four regions within an envelope of...
The theme of this – the third – issue of Making It: Industry for Development is industrial policy. In response to the global economic crisis, governments around the world are desperate to jump-start economic growth. Following the...
The Intra ACP GCCA Programme has undergone a thorough independent Mid-term Evaluation covering the implementation period 2010-2014. The final report is now available. It is used to refine and strengthen the Intra ACP GCCA actions...
Overview of the Asia Decentralisation Case Studies. Full study. Prepared by Paul Smoke - IBF International Consulting & Local Development International LLC November 2015