Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance

 

Latest Issue 25 

Editorial Graham Sansom, University of Technology Sydney

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In this issue:

Research and Evaluation (peer-reviewed)

Elusive empowerment: characteristics of indirectly elected women chairpersons of district councils in Uttar Pradesh, India

Preety Choudhari, Trisha Roy, Khushboo Verma, Reena Bharti, Sonia Verma  PDF

 

Upward and downward accountability in local government: the decentralisation of agricultural extension services in Tanzania

Wilfred U Lameck, Rudie Hulst PDF

 

Participatory monitoring and evaluation in local government: a case study of Lambussie District, Ghana

Bernard Afiik Akanpabadai Akanbang, Anass Ibn Abdallah PDF

 

Trends in rural fiscal decentralisation in India’s Karnataka state: a focus on public health

Megha Rao, Arnab Mukherji, Hema Swaminathan PDF

 

Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services

Ronald Adamtey, Clifford Amoako, Benjamin Doe PDF

 

Factors affecting the performance of South African municipal officials: stakeholders’ perspectives

Tyanai Masiya , Yul Derek Davids, Mary S Mangai PDF

 

The nexus between the traditional system of governance and the local government system in Karamoja, Uganda

Jimmy Francis Obonyo, William Muhumuza PDF

 

Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance – Part 2

Ed Wensing  PDF

 

 

Latest Issue 24 

In this issue: 

Editorial Graham Sansom, University of Technology Sydney

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)

Localising the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: implementation challenges and opportunities Eunice Annan-Aggrey, Elmond Bandauko, Godwin Arku

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Organisational citizenship behaviour and service delivery in urban local governments in Uganda Wilberforce Turyasingura, Lazarus Nabaho

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Localising democracy on an uneven playing field: the roles of ward councillors in the City of Cape Town Vinothan Naidoo

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Australian local government’s contribution to good governance on major projects: increasing information, participation and deliberation Sarah de Vries

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Voting in New Zealand local government elections: the need to encourage greater voter turnout Andy Asquith, Karen Webster, Andrew Cardow

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Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance – Part 1 Ed Wensing

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POLICY AND PRACTICE

 

Enhancing youth participation in local governance: an assessment of urban and rural junior councils in Zimbabwe Paradzai Munyede, Delis Mazambani, Jakarasi Maja

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Examining citizens’ trust in local government institutions: a focus on upazila parishads (sub-district councils) in Bangladesh Niaz Ahmed Khan, Jannatul Ferdous, Md Imran Hossain Bhuiyan

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Latest Issue 23 

In this issue: 

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)

Promoting inclusive urban economies in a world of changing technology and patterns of trade Glen Robbins

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Does decentralised governance of primary education improve performance of pupils in Eastern Uganda? Perspectives of education managers Rose B Namara

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Local government in England: evolution and long-term trends John Parr

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Decentralisation and urban primary health services: a case study of Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics Sejal Patel, Priyankita Pant

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When public spending goes local: agricultural expenditure at a key stage in Ghana’s decentralisation reform Tewodaj Mogues, Kwaku Owusu-Baah

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POLICY AND PRACTICE

 

Recent trends in Australian local government reform Graham Sansom

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BOOK REVIEW

 

Review: How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay, an Inside Account by Crispian Olver Thina Nzo

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Latest Issue 22 

In this issue: 

Editorial Gareth Wall, University of Birmingham

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through decentralisation and the role of local governments: a systematic review Joydeep Guha, Bhaskar Chakrabarti

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Not quite what’s on paper? Comparison between theoretical and actual information-sharing networks in the Ugandan rural water service sector Sara Dewachter, Patricia Bamanyaki, Nathalie Holvoet

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A critique of the newly proposed model of decentralisation in Lesotho Hoolo ‘Nyane

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Performance management in Ghana’s local government: a case study of Ada East District Assembly Justice Nuse Sosu

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Critique of the functional assignment architecture of Punjab’s local governance legislation of 2013 & 2019 Moazzam Ali Janjua, Rainer Rohdewohld

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Property rate in Ghana: a poor local revenue source or underexploited potential? Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed

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POLICY AND PRACTICE

 

Sustainable community services for older people Chris Taylor, Jed Donoghue

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Post-Covid-19 and local economic development (LED): sharing experiences from Ghana Bilattey Bimi

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BOOK REVIEW

 

Review: The case for Community Wealth Building by Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill Gareth Wall

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Latest Issue 21 

In this issue: 

Editorial Yvette Selim, University of Technology Sydney and Gareth Wall, University of Birmingham

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)

The contribution of participatory budgeting to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: lessons for policy in Commonwealth countries  Yves Cabannes

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Legislating community engagement at the Australian local government level Helen Christensen

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Rhetorically decentralised, practically recentralised: a review of the local governance system of Ghana David Anaafo

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Municipal finance for housing: local government approaches to financing housing in cities Christopher Feather

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Local government and community events in New Zealand: a case study of two neighbouring cities Joany Grima

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Community governance and service delivery in Nepal: an assessment of influencing factors Keshav K Acharya, Habib Zafarullah

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BOOK REVIEWS

 

Review: Bangladesh: Reform Agenda for Local Governance by Tofail Ahmed Soumyabrato Bagchi

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POLICY AND PRACTICE

 

Commonwealth Local Government Forum’s support of Local Councils Associations in Pakistan Noor Akbar

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Latest Issue 20 

In this issue: 

Editorial by Gareth Wall, CLGF and Gordon Morris, University of Exeter

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)

Fiscal decentralisation frameworks for Agenda 2030: understanding key issues and crafting strategic reforms  Paul Smoke

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Women’s local government representation in Auckland – does size matter? Karen Webster, Judy McGregor

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Rural policy, rural quangos – searching for clarity in West Dorset, south west England  Gordon Morris

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Governing authorities in the same boat and a tale of two schedules: Marius Nel v Hessequa Local Municipality (2015)  Anél du Plessis, Oliver Fuo

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Alternative approaches to community participation beyond formal structures: evidence from Langa within the municipality of Cape Town  Adam Andani

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The consequences of path dependency on funding for infill development in Victoria, Australia  Emily Killin, Alan March

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Democratisation of local government planning in Bangladesh  Shuvra Chowdhury

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Decision-making processes in Sylhet City Corporation: who plays the dominant role?  Muhammad Mustofa Kamal,Anwara Begum,Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Hossienie

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Botswana development vision and localisation of UN Sustainable Development Goals  Norbert Musekiwa, David Mandiyanike

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POLICY AND PRACTICE (NON-REFEREED)

PRACTICE

Who is responsible? Local government and accountability for service delivery in Kenya’s devolved health sector Kenneth Okwaroh Ochieng

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Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: learning the lessons of the past Tinashe C Chigwata, Sylvester Marumahoko

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Holding governments accountable for service delivery: the local government councils scorecard initiative in Uganda Lillian Muyomba-Tamale, Kiran Cunningham

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BOOK REVIEWS

Review: Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice edited by David Sweeting Andrew Walker

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Review: Local Government in England: Centralisation, Autonomy and Control by Colin Corpus, Mark Roberts, Rachel Wall Jonathan Carr-West

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Previous Issue 19 

In this issue:

Editorial by Alison Brown, University of Cardiff
 

Research and evaluation

Successful, safe and sustainable cities: towards a New Urban Agenda David Satterthwaite

 

Mind the gap: Australian local government reform and councillors’ understandings of their roles  Su Fei Tan, Alan Morris, Bligh Grant

 

Australian local governments and the early national broadband network roll-out: an online survey 

Tooran Alizadeh, Heather Shearer

 

Assignment of functions to local authorities in Lesotho 

Hoolo Nyane

 

Amalgamation of South Africa’s rural municipalities: is it a good idea?

Mkhululi Ncube, Jabulile Monnakgotla

 

Provincial–regional ANC politics in the Northern Cape: corruption or everyday informal practices? 

Thina Nzo

 

Citizen participation in urban local government: a case study of Kanaighat Paurashava in Bangladesh Mohammad Shahjahan Chowdhury, Md Aktaruzzaman

 

Can organisation development principles in India's local governments improve governance?

Sonali Srivastava, Madhavi Rajadhyaksha

 

Practice

The Greenway social housing estate: lessons in community development Chris Taylor, Jed Donoghue

 

The ward sabha in Bangladesh – lessons from Kerala and West Bengal Tofail Ahmed

 

News and reviews

 

Book review – Reclaiming Local Democracy: A progressive future for local government Gordon Morris

 

Book review – Cities and Agriculture 

Aloysius Clemence Mosha

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Issue 18 

In this issue:

Editorial by Alison Brown, University of Cardiff
 

Research and evaluation

Supporting local governance and local economic development – some experiences from Swaziland, 

Terry Parker

 

Role of courts in interpreting local government's environmental powers in South Africa, 

Oliver Fuo

 

Symbolic politics, legalism and implementation: the case of street vendors in India, 

Philip Amis

 

Urban agriculture in Botswana, 

Aloysius Clemence Mosha

 

Women’s leadership in local government in the Caribbean, 

Kizzann Lee Sam

 

Network governance and capacity of local governments to deliver LED in Uganda, 

Rose B Namara, Gerald Kagambirwe Karyeija, Betty C Mubangizi

 

Learning in Australian local government: A roadmap for improving education and training, 

Ronald Woods, Sarah Artist, Geraldine O’Connor

 

Public participation in services delivery projects in Buikwe District Local Government Uganda, 

Sylvester Kugonza, Robert Mukobi

Mobilising internally generated funds to finance development projects in Ghana’s Northern Region, 

Felix Puopiel, Musah Chimsi

 

The ‘silent pistol’ in Ghana’s local government system: presiding members vs. chief executives Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah

 

Local government administration in Nigeria: the search for relevance, 

Ozohu-Suleiman Abdulhamid, Paul Chima

 

News and reviews

Book review of 'Perspectives on Australian Local Government Reform' edited by Brian Dollery and Ian Tiley 

Bligh Grant

 

Book review of 'Local Governance in Bangladesh: Policy and Strategy Framework' by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Talukdar 

Tofail Ahmed