Resource Guide on Decentralisation and Local Government


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This topic guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It includes summaries of key texts and provides links to cutting edge research and recent case studies.










Guide to Municipal Finance


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The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa


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For two decades now, experiences in decentralization and federalization have been in progress in many countries, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa. How can these processes be understood and improved? Focusing on four Sub-Saharan countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal), this volume applies an original approach to address such questions.




NPI Resource Guide


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Local Governance in Africa


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An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. It outlines the key issues involved, provides historical context, and identifies the factors that have encouraged or discouraged success.




The Youth Guide to Biodiversity


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This biodiversity guide was designed as an educational resource for schools, youth groups and curious young learners. It explains biodiversity in terms of genes, species and ecosystems, exploring its many shapes and forms under the sea, on land, up in the air, in rivers and lakes, and on the farms that produce our food. The guide considers why biodiversity is important, how humans affect it, and what we must do to conserve the world’s biological resource. At the end of the guide there are inspiring examples of youth-led initiatives and an easy-to-follow action plan readers develop their own projects.