CDD = exercise of community control

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CDD exercise of community control

• Strengthening accountable, inclusive community
  groups
• Supporting participation by poor people
• Facilitating access to information markets
• Improving governance, institutions and policies

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Decentralization devolution of decision making

• Local governments accountable
• People can vote with their feet
• Information equally available
• Monitoring is possible

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Bottom up vs. top down both are needed.

• Decentralization
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• CDD

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Key elements for effective decentralization

• Clear legal framework
• Expenditure assignments who does what?
• Revenue assignments how much autonomy?
• Clear and stable transfer systems

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The structure of Governments is still in flux...
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Strength of accountability varies
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Who should do what?

• Legislation often vague
• Many shared responsibilities
• Unfunded mandates common
• Functions often at wrong scale

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Localities have little autonomy over revenue
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Transfer systems have a long way to go.

• Objectives often muddled
• Clarity and stability
• vertical vs. horizontal balance
• extent to which they reach lowest levels

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Key linkages

• CDDs role in building skills accountability
• Important that strengthening communities supports
  effective local government (building from the
  bottom) rather than creating parallel structures
• Strengthening overall framework its stability
  has key role to play in enabling communities