Participatory Budgeting in Africa – A Training Companion for Anglophone Countries - Part II Facilitation Methods
Introduction of participatory budgeting can be a sound vehicle in realizing good governance and fighting poverty. It is a mechanism that involves elected leaders, public officials, service providers, and non-state actors – civil society, private sector and development partners.
This Training Companion is part of the effort to build capacity of local government practitioners in introducing participatory budgeting in local government in Africa. The Companion was developed with a view to providing users with Information, tool, methodologies, case studies and tips on how participatory budgeting can be introduced. The materials in the Companion were collected from various local governments in Africa and beyond that are already practicing participatory budgeting. Users are encouraged to adopt the material to their local condition.
Participatory Budgeting in Africa - A Training Companion for Anglophone Countries - Part I Concepts and Principles
Introduction of participatory budgeting can be a sound vehicle in realizing good governance and fighting poverty. It is a mechanism that involves elected leaders, public officials, service providers, and non-state actors – civil society, private sector and development partners.
This Training Companion is part of the effort to build capacity of local government practitioners in introducing participatory budgeting in local government in Africa. The Companion was developed with a view to providing users with Information, tool, methodologies, case studies and tips on how participatory budgeting can be introduced. The materials in the Companion were collected from various local governments in Africa and beyond that are already practicing participatory budgeting. Users are encouraged to adopt the material to their local condition.
This report examines the housing problems in China about two decades ago. It describes the miracle China has made in the field of housing and urban development in the face of such a rapid urbanization. It illustrates how China achieve such a great achievement through the case studies in Yantai and describes the types of housing and urban upgrading initiatives in Yantai. It illustrates how the housing and urban upgrading projects are financed.
The Role of Government in the Housing Market , The Experiences from Asia
The diversity of Asia provides unique opportunities for examining the effectiveness of different policies and instruments. The Asian financial crisis reveals our ignorance of market operations and makes us to rethink the Asian economic environment in which the markets operate and the performance of particular sectoral markets. Housing markets are very important areas.
Better policy design relies on better understanding of housing markets. The impact of sub-prime housing mortgage lending in USA on the global capital market and global economy further illustrates the importance of housing issues. This report examines the operation and performance of housing markets and particularly the impact of government intervention on the pergormance of housing markets in Asia.
It presents different approaches and instruments used by different countries to deal with similar housing issues. The Asian experiences and practices can provide inspiration for other parts of the world to design effective and equitable housing instruments and policies.
This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. The report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the role of the state, private sector, multilateral institutions and other agencies in the development of housing finance mechanisms. It reviews a variety of instruments and measures to facilitate access to housing finance and for implementation of different housing finance schemes. It demonstrates that how policy development and environment can shape the housing finance system and its evolution.
It examines the different commercial banking approaches, instruments and products to low income housing finance, and their challenges and constraints. It explores how the regulatory infrastructure and environment and institutions created by the state can carry some of the intermediary risks associated with extending loans to the lower income housing market.
Hábitat y financiación , Una estrategia para la lucha contra la pobreza
Celebrados ya los 15 años de nuestra Constitución de 1991, y sin dejar atrás las heridas y los efectos políticos del aleve ataque terrorista a las torres gemelas del World Trade Center de Nueva York, e inmersos en la interesante discusión que se viene adelantando en el país sobre la forma como debemos transitar civilizadamente en la discusión de nuestros necesarios e inevitables conflictos, hemos vuelto nuevamente nuestros ojos a la discusión sobre las alternativas de política para financiar a las personas, familias y hogares más necesitados, con el fin de mejorar su calidad de vida, orientando el gasto público para la construcci ón de hábitats dignos donde se logre el disfrute efectivo de los derechos humanos.
Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Econômico Local através do Planejamento Estratégico , Volume 1 (Portuguese Language Version)
Este manual é o primeiro volume da série Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Econômico Local (DEL) através de Planejamento Estratégico. A série está dividida em Volume 1 – Guia Rápido, Volume 2 - Manual, Volume 3 – Conjunto de Ferramentas, e Volume 4 – Guia de Ações. O manual foi desenhado como uma referência para guiar partes interessadas e a equipe local de planejamento de DEL, passo a passo, através de um processo de estratégia de planejamento. Oferece uma estrutura de iniciação, análise a situação econômica local de cidades e comunidades, e estabelecimento de um consenso a respeito das prioridades de DEL, objetivos, estratégias e ações.
O processo no Manual desenvolveu-se em dez passos para um planejamento de excelência, e cada um desses passos é explicado e ilustrado detalhadamente. O manual pode ser utilizado para facilitar um processo de planejamento de estratégia participativo para DEL das partes interessadas, além de ajudar no desenho e na condução de oficinas de treinamento. A serie de quatro volumes DEL é um recurso para governos, empresas e organizações da sociedade civil locais preparados para iniciar e implementar intervenções de DEL através de um processo de planejamento estratégico cujos pertencimento e direcionamento sejam locais.
La microfinanciación de la vivienda , Hacia la configuración de un nuevo
Este documento tiene por objeto presentar las consideraciones más relevantes de los trabajos adelantados en el marco del proyecto “Desarrollo de las microfinanzas para la vivienda”, financiado a través de First Initiative, e indicar como se fue estructurando la cooperación internacional que ha recibido el Ministerio de Ambiente,
Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial —MAVDT— para el fortalecimiento del sector financiero, especialmente de las microfinanzas, en el marco de la financiación de la vivienda. Se resalta el apoyo brindado por las Naciones Unidas a través de la Cooperación BID-Japón y se presentan los resultados de las primeras consultorías entregadas hasta la fecha, así como los resultados de los talleres de expertos (“Acceso a tierra urbanizable de bajo costo para VIS” y “Microfinanciación de vivienda a la luz de la banca de las oportunidades”) y las estadísticas más relevantes que se han ido recopilando para la discusión en los diferentes foros y talleres en que ha venido trabajando el proyecto en el último año.
It is generally assumed that urban populations are healthier, more literate and more prosperous than rural populations. However, UN-HABITAT’s State of the World’s Cities Report 2006/7 has broken new ground by showing that the urban poor suffer from an urban penalty:
Slum dwellers in developing countries are as badly off if not worse off than their rural relatives.
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