This document summarises an analysis of various donors’ governance assessments and introduces five guiding principles to lead to better collaboration between donors as well as with partner country governments when conducting...
Many development agencies are engaged in assessing governance. What are their approaches and how can these be more effectively harmonised? This study from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development surveys donors'...
This participants’ kit gives an overview of governance assessment tools, the impact of their results on policy and the potential for increased aid effectiveness of joint local governance assessments based on the case of Rwanda...
The Rwanda Joint Governance Assessment case study was presented during the Train4Dev training on Harmonisation; Decentralisation and Local Governance. JGA is a good example of a case in which the principles of harmonisation and...
This session provides guidance on identifying appropriate local governance assessment tools and acting on their results. Based on the case of Rwanda, it also considers the potential of joint local governance assessments for...
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 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...
This presentation addresses the added value of political economy analysis and its relevance in a decentralised context.It also presents a political economy diagnostic framework for decentralisation and local governance. You can...
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...
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...