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The role of election competition in strengthening Pakistan’s fledgling local...
Using results and original survey data from the November 2015 local government elections in the Sargodha District of rural Punjab, Pakistan, Asad Liaqat, Michael Callen, Ali Cheema, Adnan Khan, Farooq...
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Localising development: Will decentralisation help or hinder Nepal’s growth?
The first local elections in almost two decades demonstrate a commitment to realising the decentralisation laid out in the new Nepali constitution. But is decentralisation good for economic growth?...
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Understanding the Effectiveness of Union Parishad Standing Committee: A...
As per the Local Government Act 2009, committees act as an important apparatus safeguarding transparency and accountability of the Union Parishad. Regrettably, Union Parishad committees are not...
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Are Bangladesh’s local government bodies democratic?
Local governments (LG) give rural people in Bangladesh opportunities to taste freedom and participation. In 2015, there was a paradigm shift in the local government system when the Cabinet decided to...
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How does local government cope with disaster in Bangladesh?
Successful coordination is an essential ingredient for Disaster Management. In the first of a two article series on human interactions with environment in rural Bangladesh, Mohammad Tarikul Islam...
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I Paid A Bribe: Using technology to fight corruption in India
Ipaidabribe.com harnesses the collective energy of Indian citizens against corruption by enabling them to report anonymously on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency and values of...
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Democracy without elections: 15 years of local democratic deficit in Nepal
It has been 14 years since local elections have been held in Nepal, and as a result democratisation at local level has stalled despite periodic national elections. Thanesh Bhusal explores why elections...
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“Institutional design for decentralisation needs to move away from a solely...
As governments across the globe experiment with decentralisation, Professor Satyajit Singh has written The Local in Governance: Politics, Decentralization and Environment, a book which explores this...
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Breaking the silence: Returning to local elections in Nepal
It has been 20 years since local elections were held in Nepal, and as a result a whole generation of young people have been deprived of their right to exercise their citizenship in this context. In...
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Local government and Pakistan’s reluctant political elite
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan made provisions for substantial devolution of power to provincial and local government. However, Asmat Kakar writes that provinces have been slow to...
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