Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Group type: Public group

Train4dev (2011) Harmonisation, Decentralisation, Local Governance: Practice cases on financing modalities

Description:

This document presents two case studies of financing modalities for local governments. The first case draws lessons for successful municipal contracting based on the experience of the Urban Development and Decentralisation Program in Senegal from 1998 to 2005. The second case describes the functioning of the ‘’Fonds d’Appui au Développement des Communes’’, an application of performance-based grant system at the local government level in Benin, and assesses its impact on aid effectiveness.

6th Annual DeLoG Meeting (May 2011) UNDP: The ART Initiative

Description:

This presentation, delivered by Johannes Krassnitzer and Giovanni Camilleri of UNDP, gives an overview of the ART Initiative promoted by UNDP in 18 countries throughout the world to enhance aid effectiveness at the local level and promote coordination at the national level. It also provides with some inputs from UNDP for Busan.