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Briefing Paper 1. Exploring development and accountability: laying the basis for a local governance performance index in Tanzania

Download your free copy of the briefing paper by Anna Mdee, Rachel Hayman, Patricia Tshomba and Sophie Bridonneau.

Authors:

Anna Mdee, Rachel Hayman, Patricia Tshomba and Sophie Bridonneau

What’s it like to be on the receiving end of exit? A partner and country office view

This learning paper brings together valuable stories from individuals that have been through exit and transitions.

Authors:

Sarah Lewis, with Ashokan Selliah, Dr Kapila Edussuriya, Gerhard Buttner, Hanitra Raharimanana and Yvonne Orengo, on behalf of the PPA Partnership Approaches Learning Group.

Working paper 3. Exploring lines of blame and accountability in local service delivery

This working paper uses field work findings to explore the context of local governance performance in Tanzania.

Authors:

Anna Mdee, Renatus Boniface, Mikidadi Daudi, Erast Mdee, Andrew Mushi, Florian Mtunga Patricia Tshomba and Sophie Bridonneau.

Working paper 2. Exploring the context for creating a local governance performance index in Tanzania

This paper sets out the context of good governance, local governance, accountability and local service delivery in Tanzania.

Authors:

Anna Mdee and Lisa Thorley

Working paper 1. Improving the delivery of public services. What role could a local governance index play?

What role could a local governance index play? First working paper 1 of the research project on local governance, public engagement and accountability.

Authors:

Anna Mdee and Lisa Thorley

Briefing paper 42. Civil society under fire. Three big questions for peacebuilders working with local civil society

Around the world, substantial resources are dedicated to strengthening local and national civil society groups as a means of developing peaceful societies and preventing a return to violent conflict. Yet the emphasis on civil society within peacebuilding policy and practice has come under fire in recent years.

Author:

Rowan Popplewell

Briefing Paper 41. Models of INGO Sustainability: Balancing Restricted and Unrestricted Funding

Experience tells us that financial sustainability is crucial for the long-term survival and effectiveness of all types of International NGOs. The challenge is how to achieve such levels of financial sustainability…

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Briefing Paper 40. 40 years of NGO development: Time to rediscover a purpose?

This essay is the product of Brian's Pratt personal review of over almost 40 years’ experience engaged in development from a civil society/NGO perspective.

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Briefing Paper 39. Evidence, economics and exclusion: super actors, civil society and citizen debate in the post-MDG paradigm

International development is being reconfigured. As the MDGs approach their end point, with debatable impact, it is not only the aspirations of development that are under review. The organisational forms and international partnerships through which development is delivered are changing.

Author:

Maia Green

Briefing Paper 38. The history of UK civil society

This paper is a part of the Civil Society at a Crossroads initiative, a project supported by partners in several countries to explore issues confronting civil society globally

Author:

Olga Savage with Brian Pratt

Briefing Paper 36. The MDG legacy: social, cultural and spatial engineering

This paper provides critical reflection on the role the MDGs have played in redefining cultural, economic and spatial norms in developing countries.

Author:

Clive Gabay