United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

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Documents	English
Concept Note	[32 KB]
Aide Memoire	[38 KB]
Program of work	[40 KB]



Background Papers	English	French
Experiences from Ethiopia and Nigeria Infrastructure Provision and the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Decentralized Systems of Africa Authors : Davidson S.A. Alaci and Esubalew Alehegn	[767 KB]
The Case of Ethiopia Note on Fiscal Federalism, Service Delivery and Capacity Building Author : Berhanu Legesse	[1.14 MB]
Experience from Guinea Finances publiques locales Authors : Mamadou Bobo SOW et Aboubacar S. Koulibaly		[804 KB]
Has Autonomy of State Governments Bolstered Achievements of MDGs in Africa Author : Eric Eboh	[927 KB]
The example of Akure Millennium City and Ikaram/Ibaram Millennium Villages in Ondo State, Nigeria Institutional Constraints to Achieving the MDGs in Africa Authors : Aribigbola, Afolabi	[612 KB]
The Experience of South Africa The Role of Sub-national Jurisdictions in Achieving the MDGs Author : Julian May	[1.26 MB]
Case of the Sudan Republic 1956-2008 The Political Economy of Budgetary Allocations to Local Levels Author : Professor Ali Abdalla Ali	[738 KB]
Expenditure Decentralization and Outcomes Some Determinant F actors for Success from Cross-Country Evidence Author : Rémy Prud’homme	[812 KB]
A Case study of Uganda Fiscal Decentralization, Donor Funding and Poverty Reduction in Africa Authors : Sylvain H. Boko and Mina Baliamoune-Lutz	[729 KB]
Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia World Bank Working Paper No.131 African Human Development Series Authors : Marito Garcia and Andrew Sunil Rajkumar	[1.74MB]
Why should we bother about the role of sub-national jurisdictions in efforts to achieve the MDGs in Africa? Author : Kasirim Nwuke	[860 KB]
MDG attainment, loose Fiscal Policy Coordination among various Tiers of Government and real Exchange Rate in Selected African Countries Author : Oumar Diallo	[940 KB]
The Effect of Sub-National Governments Millennium Development Goals And Income Distribution In Sub-Saharan Africa: Authors : Juliet U. Elu and Gregory N. Price	[960 KB]
The Experience of Nigeria Restoring Confidence and Increasing Responsiveness in State and Local Government through Conditional Grants: Author : Jonathan Phillips	[770 KB]
India Rural Governments and Service Delivery Volume II: Policy Note June 14, 2006 Document of the World Bank	[770 KB]



Presentations
Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia Authors : Marito Garcia and Andrew Sunil Rajkumar Presented By : Foluso Okunmadewa
The APRM-NPoA and the PRSP Processes: Working Together to Achieve the MDGs at the Sub-National Level Chief, APRM Support Unit Governance and Public Administration Division United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Presented By : Kojo Busia
Fine-tuning Inter-governmental transfer system to support progress towards the MDGs Chief, MDGs/Poverty Analysis & Monitoring United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Presented By : Kasirim Nwuke
Why should we bother about the role of sub-national jurisdictions in efforts to achieve the MDGs in Africa? Chief, MDGs/Poverty Analysis & Monitoring United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Presented By : Kasirim Nwuke
MDG attainment ,loose fiscal policy coordination among various tiers of government and real exchange rate in selected African countries United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Presented By : Oumar Diallo
Localization of the MDGs: Nigeria’s Experience UNDP Presented By : Colleen Zamba
The Role of Sub-national Jurisdictions in South Africa Paper :Prof Julian May Presented By : Kasirim Nwuke
Infrastructure Provision and the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Decentralized Systems of Africa: Experiences from Ethiopia and Nigeria Presented By : Davidson S.A. Alaci & Esubalew Alehegn
Statistics in Support of Sub-national Governments’ Efforts to Achieve MDGs in Africa United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Presented By : Ben Kiregyera (Prof.)
Has autonomy of state governments bolstered the achievement of MDGs in Nigeria? African Institute for Applied Economics Presented By : Eric Eboh
Restoring Confidence and Increasing Responsiveness in State and Local Government through Conditional Grants: The Experience of Nigeria Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals Presented By : Hajiya Amina M. az Zubair
A Note on Fiscal Federalism, Service Delivery and Capacity Building: The Case of Ethiopia Presented By : Berhanu
Decentralization,service delivery and politics
Importance of data at the sub-national levels and their role in achievement of the MDGs National Bureau of Statistics Presented By : G. A. IRO

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Background Papers

Presentations