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...

‘Women hold up half the sky’ is a Chinese proverb affirming women’s equal contribution to the human experience but it is an aspirational, rather than a factual, claim. In developed and developing countries alike, gender gaps...

This publication is addressed to all actors working in the field of decentralisation and local governance, especially practitioners and policymakers that deal with capacity building in the area of monitoring, evaluation and...

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 presentation, delivered by Klaus Veigel (from the Competence Centre for Governance of KfW), presents a study that KfW is undertaking on “Decentralization Indicators” aimed at facilitating the comparability of decentralization...

This presentation presents the risks and challenges in decentralised education and makes a number of suggestions for priority issues for dialogue. Key challenges encountered include increased disparity, mismatching responsibility...