Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Support to public sector reform, decentralisation and local governance includes policy dialogue, capacity development and financial support to promote effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of public administration at central and sub-national levels. Themes include: public sector and civil service reform; decentralisation, improved service delivery and local governance.

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Decentralisation conflict and fragile states - Fiscal decentralisation - Local authorities and capacity building - Local governance - Political economy of decentralisation and local governance

6th Annual DeLOG Meeting (2011) SDC: How SDC approaches Learning as a Precondition for Change: “Sustainable Municipal Finances” (Fiscal Decentralisation).

Jorge Rodriguez Bilbao uploaded a new Document | 24 May 2011

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This 2011 SDC presentation summarises the SDC approach to supporting municipal finances. It is based on a learning project where donor grants and fiscal transfers, own revenues and borrowing and building capacity were assessed. The presentation includes recommendations from the project. The...

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6th Annual DeLoG Meeting (May 2011) Paul Smoke: Fiscal Decentralization and Linkages to Public Financial Management

Jorge Rodriguez Bilbao uploaded a new Document | 24 May 2011

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This presentation, delivered by Paul Smoke, gives an overview of the current state of local finance systems in many developed and developing countries. It also presents the major constraints when linking Public Financial Management (PFM) to decentralization reforms and what role the international...

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Pilot Multi-Donor Seminar on Decentralisation Broadly Welcomed

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 24 March 2011

Attendees and organisers welcomed a recent pilot seminar that brought together decentralisation specialists working at policy level and in the field as offering a valuable opportunity for exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas.

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Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay commented on an article | 12 March 2011

Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Corruption

Most of the communities in India (such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory introduced by an American anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying...
Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Corruption

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 11 March 2011

Rather than corruption being seen as something inherently negative, it should be understood as a practice embedded in the everyday elements of a society, according to a study on everyday corruption in Africa.

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The political Economy of Decentralisation Reforms

Christoforos KORAKAS updated the Document | 19 January 2011

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PEA decentralisation - WB

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The political Economy of Decentralisation Reforms

Gemma Pinol-Puig uploaded a new Document | 15 January 2011

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PEA decentralisation - WB

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African Welfare States are Possible Says European Report

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 14 January 2011

Seniors receive a state pension at the age of 70 in Lesotho, Southern Africa. But in a country with an average life expectancy of 44, is this a social protection scheme worth applauding? Yes, says Giorgia Giovannetti, Scientific Director of the 2010/2011 European Report on Development.

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Enhancing Institutional Capacity to Negotiate EU Association and Trade Agreements

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 October 2010

A recent two day planning and knowledge exchange workshop to address institutional change gave a boost to the implementation of the Comprehensive Institution Building Programme, bringing together some 25 colleagues from EuropeAid headquarters and representatives from European Union delegations in...

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One Ukraine Government Manager Sees Movement in EU-Backed Institution Building Programme

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 October 2010

From the viewpoint of one Ukrainian government manager, a new element of a European Union programme aimed at its “Eastern Partnership” initiative is easing coordination of institutional development (ID), but political support is needed for overall success.

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