2024
Using Digital Tools to Improve ServiceDelivery: Pemba Town Council, Zambia
Digital transformation has emerged as a new way of doing business using technology. Many national governments have adopted the use of digital tools, but its adoption by local governments, particularly in developing countries, presents some challenges. This research was aimed at helping Pemba Town Council in Zambia to explore how it can improve service delivery…
Using Digital Tools to Improve ServiceDelivery: Pemba Town Council, Zambia
Digital transformation has emerged as a new way of doing business using technology. Many national governments have adopted the use of digital tools, but its adoption by local governments, particularly in developing countries, presents some challenges. This research was aimed at helping Pemba Town Council in Zambia to explore how it can improve service delivery…
ICLD:s årsredovisning 2024
ICLD:s årsredovisning för 2024 innehåller en beskrivning av verksamheten och vad som genomförts och uppnåtts under året. Den första delen lyfter fram delar av verksamheten och resultat under 2024 varvat med bilder och siffror. Del två är förvaltningsberättelsen som utförligt beskriver verksamheten. Här ingår även resultaträkning och revisionsberättelsen
ICLD Country Briefs 2024
The ICLD Country Briefs is a publication series that investigates local democracy around the world. In these reports the authors elaborate on the state of local democracy and ties the information to ICLD’s programmes. The reports provide insights into the local contexts, and the possibilities and barriers for successful decentralisation. The information and views expressed…
ICLD Country Briefs 2024
The ICLD Country Briefs is a publication series that investigates local democracy around the world. In these reports the authors elaborate on the state of local democracy and ties the information to ICLD’s programmes. The reports provide insights into the local contexts, and the possibilities and barriers for successful decentralisation. The information and views expressed…
Deciding Together: Citizen Satisfaction and Institutional Design of Participatory Governance in Kenya
This policy brief provides practical insights for local governments on leveraging participatory budgeting (PB) to enhance citizen satisfaction and ownership of development projects. Based on a study in rural Kenya, three PB approaches—consultation, voting, and deliberation—were evaluated. All methods increased satisfaction and willingness to invest in projects, demonstrating their value in strengthening community engagement. Deliberation,…
Deciding Together: Citizen Satisfaction and Institutional Design of Participatory Governance in Kenya
This policy brief provides practical insights for local governments on leveraging participatory budgeting (PB) to enhance citizen satisfaction and ownership of development projects. Based on a study in rural Kenya, three PB approaches—consultation, voting, and deliberation—were evaluated. All methods increased satisfaction and willingness to invest in projects, demonstrating their value in strengthening community engagement. Deliberation,…
Local Democracy and Resilience in Ukraine: Learning from Communities’ Crisis Response in War
The research report explores the resilience of local self-governments (LSGs) in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, highlighting their crucial role in crisis response despite significant challenges. LSGs have adapted to wartime conditions by relocating operations, managing resource shortages, and engaging with citizens and stakeholders to meet critical needs such as infrastructure repair, IDP support, and…
Local Democracy and Resilience in Ukraine: Learning from Communities’ Crisis Response in War
The research report explores the resilience of local self-governments (LSGs) in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, highlighting their crucial role in crisis response despite significant challenges. LSGs have adapted to wartime conditions by relocating operations, managing resource shortages, and engaging with citizens and stakeholders to meet critical needs such as infrastructure repair, IDP support, and…
A cry for justice by “invisible squatters” – Colonial legacy, local democracy, and the quest forhuman rights in land dispossession by Kakuzi PLC in Makuyu, Murang’a County, Kenya
This thesis examines the enduring impact of colonial legacies on local democracy and human rights concerning land dispossession in Makuyu, Murang’a County, Kenya, focusing on the experiences of ’invisible squatters’ affected by Kakuzi PLC. Through the lens of decolonization and post-colonial thinking practices theories, the research reveals that historical injustices rooted in colonial land policies…
