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Giving Tuesday!
Thanks to a generous supporter, every gift you make between now and Giving Tuesday on December 3 will be doubled, up to a total of… Read more
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Majority World Voice: How to Organise Inclusive Events
A guidance document from local actors on designing events on locally-led development, with local actors, by local actors, and for local actors. Since November 2023,… Read more
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10 Ways to #ShiftThePower
July 10, 2017 began the second UN High Level Political Forum on progress in achieving the SDGs. The key is to shift the power from top-down… Read more
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Devolution in Kenya: Gender and Public Participation Dimension
Introduction The World Bank hails the devolution process in Kenya as one of the most ambitious decentralization efforts in the world. Since 2013, counties have… Read more
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Lessons from Decentralization in Rwanda
Introduction Various development institutions and Western governments have held up decentralization in Rwanda as fairly successful. A study commissioned by the government and development partners… Read more
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Leave No Voice Behind
Our 2017 InterAction Forum Workshop. Within country-owned strategies, NGOs have a competitive advantage in community-mobilization and capacity building. How can we work together to ensure… Read more
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World Development Report 2017 and Community-Led Development
The flagship World Development Report 2017 by the World Bank Group highlights the need for continued collaboration between governments, citizens, civil society and private sector… Read more
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Localizing the SDGs in Bangladesh: An Innovative Community-led Approach
The Hunger Project (THP) has developed a systematic methodology for supporting rural communities to achieve the SDGs. Read more
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Do Public Services Actually Reach the Public?
Local governments play a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through the delivery of public services. Yet, few systematic indicators exist to determine… Read more