Funding local governance : small grants for democracy and development / Jo Beall.

By:

Beall, Jo, 1952- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Urban management seriesPublisher: Rugby, UK : ITDG Publishing, 2005Description: xviii, 229 pages : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1853395978 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 338.91 BEA DS1346

Contents:

1. Local funds and development 2. Local funds, governance, and democracy 3. Local funds, social policy, and development 4. From social funds to local funds in Mexico and their gender impact 5. Local funds as an aid instrument : examples from multilateral aid programmes 6. Small funds and direct budget support : innovative examples from bilateral aid 7. Participatory budgeting and local governance : South-North lessons 8. Challenge funds and partnerships : North-South lessons 9. delivery and management of local funds : learning by doing in Zambia and Bangladesh 10. Conclusions : a little goes quite a long way

Summary: Funding Local Governance provides an incisive critique of local funds as an aid instrument, tracing strengths and pitfalls in design and implementation, and showing the importance of the political, policy, and institutional contexts. Through detailed case study and material from around the world including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Funding Local Governance provides a rounded and critical analysis that highlights the conditions under which local funds are most likely to succeed, both in supporting community and social development and in promotong local democracy. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, professionals, and practitioners in the areas of local government and politics, development, urban planning, and geography and will be of great interest to those working in international development agencies, NGOs, and local government.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	David Satterthwaite Collection	338.91 BEA DS1346 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DS1346

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-222) and index.

Funding Local Governance provides an incisive critique of local funds as an aid instrument, tracing strengths and pitfalls in design and implementation, and showing the importance of the political, policy, and institutional contexts. Through detailed case study and material from around the world including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Funding Local Governance provides a rounded and critical analysis that highlights the conditions under which local funds are most likely to succeed, both in supporting community and social development and in promotong local democracy. This book is an invaluable resource for academics, professionals, and practitioners in the areas of local government and politics, development, urban planning, and geography and will be of great interest to those working in international development agencies, NGOs, and local government.

Gift of David Satterthwaite.

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