16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions

Falun and Mogale, South Africa
June 14, 2021
This project is part of the “Municipal Partnership for Human Rights” network, an international network of municipal partnerships between Swedish local authorities and their international counterparts in Southern Africa that are committed to achieving Agenda 2030 through a rights based approach and that are keen to work more systematically with human rights at a local…
Upplands-Bro and Muranga, Kenya
February 16, 2021
Project: Youth Participation Upplands-Bro and Muranga County are in many ways two very different municipalities in different parts of the world. At the same time, there are in many ways a similar problem of the often low participation of young people in the local community in general and in cultural and leisure activities in particular.…
Öckerö and Homa Bay, Kenya
February 16, 2021
Project: Children’s right to participation The project applied has a goal, which is to work together for better conditions, increased engagement in political issues, and the will to participate in decision-making processes among children and youths in our different municipalities. Another goal is to deepen the knowledge about The Convention on the Rights of the…
Recentralisation? Interrogating the state of local democracy, good governance and development in Tanzania
November 4, 2020
This report investigates the extent to which Tanzanian Local Government Reform Programme has brought about more democratic decision-making processes. The main findings point to several positive changes. Good governance reforms, aiming to restructure central and local governments, have been undertaken and implemented. Parliament and the councils have been strengthened, as well as civil society organisations…
From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Understanding, Capacity, and Will to Change Local Government Practices
April 2, 2020
In a recently published book by Springer: “New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific” learnings from local democracy work within the work of ICLD is highlighted in a chapter written by Björn Möller, Quality Assurance Manager. Local governments’ proximity to the citizens, and their understanding of the specific needs of the communities they govern, allow them to…
Governance for Urban Services in Asia
April 2, 2020
Governance for Urban Services – Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency, a book supported by ICLD funding, has recently been published by Springer. Edited by Shabbir Cheema, PhD, the book examines the process through which marginalized groups including migrants and minorities participate in local decision-making and the extent to which they benefit from services and facilities…
Trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger: Local governance as mediator of its underlying causes and consequences
February 18, 2019
This report reviews the existing literature of trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger both conducted by Nigeriens but also by other West Africans, given Niger’s importance as a country of transit. The literature on labour emigration from the Sahelian region, as in other parts of the world, is dominated by studies that emphasise particular causes (drought,…
Alingsås and Chililabombwe, Zambia
December 4, 2018
Project: Equal value in the Democratic process After a pre-phase Alingsås and Chililabombwe in Zambia decided to continue collaborating around the subject Citizen Dialogue. In 2015, Alingsås and Chiliabombwe applied for continuing the project. The project was granted the steering group and the project group could continue the work during 2017. The project will face…
Outmigration, Development, and Global Environmental Change. A Review and Discussion of Case Studies from the West African Sahel
October 16, 2018
This working paper gives an overview over literature on emigration from the West Sahel, with a selective focus on resource-dependent livelihoods and how they are connected to outmigration from the Sahel, especially regarding Senegal and Niger. To complete the picture, we also cover some studies on urban population groups and regions beyond the Sahel, although…
Theories of Migration in and from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Review and Critique of Current Literature
October 2, 2018
This working paper presents an overview of the global literature on migration with a focus on rural areas. It discusses the general structure of the field of migration studies and outlines a typology of approaches found within this literature. Different theories on migration are examined. An interesting finding is the large amount of evidence confirming…