Urban Governance and Poverty Reduction  in Uganda: Lessons from Foreign Aid Regime of Local Government Development Program

Lwasa, Shuaib

doi:10.4236/cus.2015.31004

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“…Without measures being introduced that enable participation, the devolution of climate finance to local government may exacerbate bureaucratic control and patronage, rather than increase local discretion and downwards accountability (Mansuri and Rao, 2013). National governments can advance procedural justice by encouraging local governments to adopt participatory budgeting systems, a common practice in Brazilian cities (Cabannes, 2004), or participatory monitoring and evaluation procedures, as Uganda has done (Lwasa, 2015). There remains a risk that climate and other development interventions could serve the interests of the elite, but a commitment to recognition and representation could "shift the terms of debate [and] make space for alternatives" (Bulkeley et al, 2014: pp 33).…”

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Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

2017

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Adaptation finance is primarily allocated to multilateral entities and national governments, rather than local organisations. This means that some of the same social, political and economic processes that create and sustain inequalities within a country will be the same processes that determine how adaptation finance is used. Using an urban lens, we consider the obstacles currently faced by local governments and local civil society groups in accessing adaptation finance, and show that these are a function of systemic power imbalances between levels of government, and between government and vulnerable communities. We argue that even relatively small amounts of adaptation finance could have a catalytic effect on the capacities and impacts of local organisations, contributing to greater levels of both distributive and procedural justice. We analyse different financial intermediaries and planning systems that could be used to make disbursements from multilateral climate funds fairer and more effective. This could potentially create political opportunities both to respond to direct climate threats and to address underlying drivers of vulnerability, such as marginalisation and exclusion. In this way, channelling adaptation finance to the local level could deliver more just processes and outcomes. Policy insights1. More multilateral climate funds should establish direct access modalities, and introduce "fit-for-purpose" accreditation procedures and approval processes. Those that have already established such enabling frameworks should prioritise providing readiness support to local organisations, and incentivise state and citizen collaboration in adaptation projects. 2. National governments should consider clearly enshrining the rights and responsibilities of local authorities in National Adaptation Plans, and help them to collect the information, build the capacities and acquire the resources needed to plan and implement adaptation measures. National governments should further encourage local authorities to adopt participatory planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation procedures to encourage citizen participation. 3. Local civil society groups should identify or establish collective entities that can seek accreditation with multilateral funds and then disburse money to their members. Collaboration between groups can facilitate up-scaling through replication (particularly where peer-to-peer learning is embedded in the network) and reduce the transaction costs associated with myriad small projects.

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Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

2017

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Barriers to empowerment: Assessment of community-led local development organizations in Pakistan

Wahid

Ahmad

Talib

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Infrastructure Governance at Sub-National Level

Buyana

Lwasa

2016

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development

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Although infrastructure-dependent services are increasingly provided through subnationalised forms of authority, the current discourse largely focuses on financing challenges at national to regional scales. This macro outlook of infrastructure governance assumes that, once central government agencies have drawn partnerships with intergovernmental counterparts, followed by financing to subnational agencies, municipal authorities will be in a position to implement projects that respond to the differing needs of urban residents. This obscures the multi-layered nature of infrastructure governance at municipal level intercepted by gender differences in end-user needs across urban sectors. The chapter presents the challenges faced by Kampala city in Uganda, in the context of not only formalized infrastructure governance, but also non-statist forms of authority and informal practices that give center stage to the agency of men relative to women in altering local service provision dynamics to the benefit of their needs and expectations.

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Urban Governance and Poverty Reduction in Uganda: Lessons from Foreign Aid Regime of Local Government Development Program

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

Using climate finance to advance climate justice: the politics and practice of channelling resources to the local level

Barriers to empowerment: Assessment of community-led local development organizations in Pakistan

Infrastructure Governance at Sub-National Level

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