Building Capacity for Decentralization and Local Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Municipal Development Program
The Municipal Development Program (MDP) ws launched in 1991 with the World Bank as the executing agency and with the support of several donors to assist the governments in building local government capacity. The Program reflects the belief that sin...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/04/1570739/building-capacity-decentralization-local-governance-sub-saharan-africa-municipal-development-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10018 |
| Summary: | The Municipal Development Program (MDP)
ws launched in 1991 with the World Bank as the executing
agency and with the support of several donors to assist the
governments in building local government capacity. The
Program reflects the belief that since locally-elected
officials are usually more in touch with the public than
their central government counterparts, there is greater
likelihood that the policies chosen will reflect the
concerns of the committees and also be more accountable to
them. The MDP is a facility that provides quick-disbursing
grants to local executing authorities for policy development
and capacity building. Support is made in the form of small
grants and consultants, using action planning workshops and
asissting in strategic planning aimed at providing
management tools and adding key skills to selected staff.
The MDP has been able to do this because of its design which
allows for flexibility and easy access to funds, and its
focus--local municipalities. |
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