This is the first session of the first module: Introduction & key concepts. This document is part of the training materials for the methodological course: PFM I - Public Finance Management: Systems and Principles Methodological...
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The Democratic Decentralization Programming Handbook conceptualizes decentralization as a reform that advances the exercise of political freedom and individual economic choice in a context of stability and the rule of law...
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 collection of briefing notes from the World Bank Institute consists of four chapters: Chapter one explains the cross-cutting nature of decentralisation and its rationale, Chapter two addresses key political factors, fiscal...
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 is the second session of the first module: Introduction to Public Finance Management. This document is part of the training materials for the methodological course: PFM I - Public Finance Management: Systems and Principles...
This paper by Prof. Keshav C. Sharma (University of Botswana), argues that traditional structures continue to play a role in local development. Involving traditional authorities and relying on their expertise can help to reduce...
Support to Capacity Development in Public Financial Management (PFM) by Carole and Nico Pretorius Introduction: - Development of practitioners guide to supporting capacity development in PFM - Five case study countries: Lesotho...
This Reference Document targets donor agencies and, more particularly, EC staff working at headquarters and in the Delegations. It seeks to provide strategic and operational guidance on: (1) how best to support processes of...
Since World War II, the political map of the world has been influenced by three major ‘D' phenomena; decolonization in Africa and Asia; dissolution of states like Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; and the...