Funding Local Governance: Small Grants for Democracy and Development

This book explores the value of funding local initiatives that are designed to support development activities and promote local democracy. Reviewing experiences from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, it demonstrates how local funds can deliver development within the context of a rights-based approach and democratic decentralization.

List of contents

PART I Local funds and the policy environment; 1. Introduction: local funds and development; 2. Local funds, governance, and democracy; 3. Local funds, social policy, and development; PART II Local funds and lessons from practice; 4. From social funds to local funds in Mexico and their gender impact; 5. Local funds as an aid instrument: conventional examples from; multilateral aid; 6. Small funds and direct budget support: innovative examples from; bilateral aid; 7. Participatory budgeting and local governance: South-North lessons; 8. Challenge funds and partnership: North-South lessons; PART III Managing local funds: the inside view; 9. The delivery and management of local funds: learning on the job; in Zambia and Bangladesh; 10. Conclusions: a little goes a long way; References; Index

About the author

Jo Beall is Reader in Development Studies and directs the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is editor of A City for All (1997) and co-author of Uniting a Divided City (2002).

Product details

• Authors: Jo Beall, Nicholas Hall, Nicolas Hall
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781853395970
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-597-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Urban Management; Urban Management S.; Urban Management Series; Urban Management Series; Urban Management S.; Urban Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous