Working Paper
The role of participation in sustainable community development programmes in the extractives industries
A major challenge for almost all extractives activity is that benefits accrue predominantly at the national level while disruptions are invariably highly localized close to the resource. Recently, extractives companies have intensified efforts to...
Blog
Taking localisation beyond labels and lip service
Donors increasingly speak of locally led aid response, but often do not walk the walk. Case in point is the United States Agency for International...
Working Paper
Revisiting community-driven reconstruction in fragile states
Community-driven reconstruction (CDR) is an approach to post-war reconstruction that gives discretion to local community councils in establishing priorities and overseeing the implementation of reconstruction and development activities. A series of...