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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

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  • Peter De Rudder commented on an article | 29 September 2010

    Public Sector Reform in Fragile Situations, A Voice from Sudan

    nice article !

  • Public Sector Reform in Fragile Situations, A Voice from Sudan

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 8 July 2010
    Public sector reform is all too often hindered by the perception that change is being imposed from the outside, according to Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, Under Secretary for Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resources in the Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan.
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  • The Nettle of Civil Service Reform - and 'Topping-up'

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 25 June 2010
    Sierra Leone has come a long way since the brutal civil war ended in 1999, and donors have played a vital role in this progress. But donor approaches to technical assistance, implementation units and topping-up schemes could end up doing some harm, writes Nils Boesen after a Technical Cooperation...
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  • A Path for Many Small Steps Forward

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 28 May 2010
    The Vietnamese government wants to include capacity development in their socio-economic planning. But what does that mean? Nils Boesen, who facilitated a recent in-country event, reports.
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  • Parliamentarians Test New Anti-Corruption Mechanisms

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 4 May 2010
    A first version of a Toolkit designed to help elected government officials monitor their own performance in tackling corruption was launched recently in Accra, Ghana. See the Toolkit for yourself and give feedback during its inception in the comments section below.
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  • Rethinking Support to Local Governance

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 April 2010
    To strengthen local governments across Africa, donors would be advised to spend more time and resources in researching and understanding local systems, according to Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi a key expert from the region. Mr Mbassi, from Cameroon, is a well known expert in decentralisation and has...
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  • Good Public Services Depend on Strong Demand

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 15 April 2010
    For Antoine Sawadogo, President of Citizenship Laboratory and former Ministry of Territorial Administration in Burkina Faso, building the capacity of local actors is a prerequisite for successful decentralisation in West Africa. It also implies enhancing users' capacity to formulate demand for...
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  • Where Is My Dough? A Fun Tune with A Serious Message

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 24 March 2010
    "Know where your dough is!" is the catchy refrain of this serious-minded jingle. Dominican Republic civil society groups, with support from the European Commission, have come together around a colourful campaign that urges citizens to press their local authorities to spend national cash...
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  • It Takes More Than a Computer

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 23 February 2010
    Cars, computers and formal training may often be requested as part of a public sector reform programme, but it’s changes in the behaviour and mindsets of people that produce lasting results, according to a recent blog post by World Bank experts.
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  • Quake Disaster Shouldn't Detract from Long-term Objectives

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 February 2010
    Haiti is still reeling from a devastating earthquake, but its leaders don’t want the humanitarian relief operation to detract from the country’s long-term development objectives and the Commission has offered its support, according to top officials.
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