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

UNCDF (2010) Performance-based grant systems: concept and international experience (short version)

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 4 January 2012

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This three-page document outlines the rationale for United Nations Capital Development Fund’s support to performance-based grant systems (PBGs) and summarises the five purposes of the full version of this paper: Give insights into the rationale and principles underlying PBGSs; Stimulate a...

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DANIDA (2010) Fiscal decentralisation and sector-funding principals and practices.

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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This paper provides a general introduction to Fiscal Decentralisation (FD) and shares lessons learned from a number of developing countries. It also explores the links between FD and sector funding and discusses the use of various aid modalities for support to FD, based on experiences from...

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World Bank (2010) The Political Economy of Decentralization Reforms. Implications for Aid Effectiveness.

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

10-wb_pea_of_decentralisation_reforms.pdf 1.27 MB

This volume presents a preliminary framework designed to help international development partners consider the relevance of political economy issues for their programmatic support to decentralization and local government reform. The purpose is to document the potential value of better understanding...

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Commonwealth Secretariat (2011) Resource Guide on Decentralisation and Local Government. Commonwealth Secretariat Local Government Reform Series Number 3.

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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Estimates suggest that decentralisation is currently being pursued in over 80 per cent of developing countries worldwide. For many people, local government is the part of government that most directly impacts on their lives, particularly via the provision of local services like water, sanitation,...

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OECD DAC (2008) Survey of Donor Approaches to Governance Assessment

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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Many development agencies are engaged in assessing governance. What are their approaches and how can these be more effectively harmonised? This study from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development surveys donors' use of general and thematic governance assessments. Most approaches...

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ECDPM (2003) Sector-Wide Approaches and Decentralisation Strategies pulling in Opposite Directions? A Case Study from Uganda

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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This case-study is part of a five-country review coordinated by the European Centre for Development Policy Management ( ECDPM ).It focuses on the relationship between sector-wide approaches and related sector and budgetary support mechanisms, on processes of decentralisation. The study presents the...

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Martinez-Vazquez and Vaillancourt (2011) Obstacles to Decentralisation: Lessons from the Developing World

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

preface_decentralization_martinezvazquezandvaillancourt.pdf 336.92 KB

Since World War II, the political map of the world has been influenced by three major ‘D' phenomena; decolonization in Africa and Asia; dissolution of states like Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; and the emergence of new decentralized states in lieu of centralized ones...

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

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 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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6th Annual DeLoG Meeting (May 2011) World Bank: Sub-National Monitoring and Impact Evaluation

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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This presentation, delivered by Kai Kaiser (World Bank) focuses on the importance of using performance monitoring systems and measuring results when implementing decentralisation reforms. The cases of the Indonesia decentralisation reform and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Municipal PFM and Service...

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OECD (2009) Donor approaches to governance assessments: Guiding principles for enhanced impact, usage and harmonisation.

Herrero Alisa updated the Document | 16 December 2011

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This document summarises an analysis of various donors’ governance assessments and introduces five guiding principles to lead to better collaboration between donors as well as with partner country governments when conducting governance assessments. The principles were developed to improve donor...

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