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...
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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...
This document presents the lessons learned of the pilot case study "Governance in the Trade Facilitation Sector in the Philippines" testing the tool in the EC Reference Document "Analysing and assessing Governance in Sector...
This volume presents a preliminary framework designed to help international development partners consider the relevance of political economy issues for their programmatic support to decentralization and local government reform...
This short case study is based on the findings of a week of interviews with a range of trade facilitation stakeholders in the Philippines conducted in mid-November 2010, conducted by the EU Delegation in the Philippines with the...
New analysis of the Myanmar Government’s forestry and trade data points to a multi-billion dollar illegal logging and exports black hole – indicating widespread criminality and official corruption. The Environmental Investigation...
That “politics matters” in development is canonical. The challenge for development agencies and practitioners is how to incorporate this murky, complex, non-technical reality. Based on case studies of seven major Philippine...
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The Philippines Roadmap for engagement with Civil Society includes An analysis of the civil society arena An assessment of the EU – CSO engagement in the country Priorities for EU engagement and corresponding actions A dashboard...