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Administration Component
Courtesy of Central Press Newspaper The administration of local governments and the ability to operate independently are widely agreed upon as important in order to achieve both the MDGs and local...
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Planning: Preparing for the Worst and Creating the Best
Courtesy of The Hunger Project Local government planning serves as an integral part of ensuring effective government service delivery. In some countries, the inability to adequately plan on the local...
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Local Governance Central to UN HLP’s Post-2015 Agenda
“We need governments that tackle the causes of poverty, empower people, are transparent, and permit scrutiny of their affairs.” On May 30, 2013, the United Nation’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons...
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Scoring Local Democracy (CIVICUS Guest Column)
CIVICUS Guest Column by John Coonrod, PhD, Executive Vice President, The Hunger Project All politics is local. The truth of this saying is underscored by the experience of my Hunger Project colleagues...
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Quick Poll Results
Here are the results from past polls (Dec 2013 – Feb 2014) #1 Holiday Poll (Dec 2013) All these key elements are important – and the members of our Global Community of Practice feel that greater...
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Resilience: Entry point for transformation
Reprinted from actlocalfirst.org Written by John Coonrod on May 22, 2014 What does Local First have to do with the issue of resilience? As it turns out – plenty. Resilience is not only a critical lens...
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Localizing the Millennium Development Goals
This piece was included in the 2013 State of Participatory Democracy Report. By Steven J. Klees, University of Maryland August, 2013 There was talk of “localizing” the Millennium Development Goals...
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The Learning Agenda on Local Capacity Development
This year, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a local systems framework that outlines the agency’s vision to promote development that is “locally owned, locally led and...
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Open Government Partnership
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) has been named the winner of the 2014 Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award for its achievements of encouraging and facilitating the forum for...
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THP-Uganda Chosen to Speak at UN General Assembly Hearing
In preparation for the zero draft outcome, the UN General Assembly held informal hearings on May 26 & 27 for various stakeholders, including civil society representatives from the Global South,...
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