Tag: Local Governance

• Proposed Budget Cuts: Community-led Development at Risk

  President Donald Trump released his first formal proposed budget to Congress on 16 March 2017. As promised, the “America First” budget is proposing $54 billion in cuts throughout different federal government agencies and programs to offset the increase to the defense budget. Here is a snapshot of some departments that will be experiencing budget cuts:…

  Ariene

  March 31, 2017

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• African Fiscal Decentralization: A Means to Local Governance

  

  A common problem of local community-led development efforts is that local communities sometimes lack the proper resources to accomplish their goals. Additionally, when central governments control the budgets of local governments, money disbursement can become unfair and untimely. This is where we begin to question the best methods of funding local community efforts, and this is where…

  Andrea Ayers

  September 30, 2016

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  African Union, Community Led Development, Development, Local Governance, Localizing the SDGs