When Local Government Strikes it Rich
Elected local councils all across the developing world have long suffered from insufficient funding which deeply undermines their capacity to take constructive action. Local councils in most of India’s 28 states have long faced this problem. This is a study, based on extensive field research, of a major new anti-poverty program in India – the…
Farce of the Commons: Humor, Irony, and Subordination through a Camera’s Lens
This report by Jesse Ribot is the second one to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Ribot argues convincingly that local democracy has a material basis and thus stresses the need for local governments to have both decision making powers and adequate funds to respond to local people’s needs. This report emerged from the…