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Veiled Transparency: Challenges in Accessing Public Information in Africa

April 2, 2024 Limabenla Jamir

In recent years, there has been a global push for government transparency, with Africa also experiencing a significant increase in the adoption of right-to-information laws. The ability to access this information is crucial for fostering […]

In Cambodia, Decentralization Spurs Development

August 28, 2022 LPSAManager

There are five villages in the Damrey Slab commune of Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province, but travel among them was difficult. The roads between villages were in disrepair, complained Mr. Chea, a villager in Damrey Slab […]

Unpacking Community-led Development

March 12, 2021 LPS Alliance

Community-led Development (CLD) is not a new idea. Even before the pandemic demonstrated why the world needs CLD, terms like localization, community-driven development and locally-led development had begun to gain traction in the development discourse. […]

Toward Mainstreaming and Sustaining CDD in Indonesia: Understanding Local Initiatives and the Transition from PNPM-Rural to the Villlage Law

February 12, 2016 LPS Initiative

Indonesia has adopted community-driven development for more than 15 years. When it began in 1997 as a World Bank-funded program, its aim was poverty reduction through community empowerment. While initially, the program focused on small-scale […]

A Comparative Review of Village Governance in Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines

July 22, 2015 LPS Alliance

Although villages are rarely the local government level that is assigned the responsibility for delivering key local services (such as education or health services), village governments nonetheless play an important role in the local government […]