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Commonwealth Local Government Handbook 2008
Size:
A4 (297 mm x 210 mm)
ISSN:
Categories:
Commonwealth and Global Affairs, Local Government, Public Sector Development
ISBN No:
978-0-9555447-2-9
Format:
Publication Date:
07-2008
Number of Pages:
258
Status:
In stock
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Description
The Commonwealth Local Government Handbook is published annually, updated and revised each year. This seventh edition continues to be an essential reference tool for anyone working in or with local government in the Commonwealth. The Handbook gives full country profiles on the local government systems in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth describing the local government structures and institutions, the democratic process, how local government is financed, the services for which it is responsible, and innovations and developments in local government practice and thinking. The profiles are arranged in a format that allows easy comparison from country to country.
It includes a preface from Basil Morrison, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), a foreword from Carl Wright, CLGF Secretary-General, and a message from Hon. Kumari Selja, Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, India.
Published by Publications UK Ltd on behalf of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
Contents
Preface
Foreword
Message from Hon. Kumari Selja
Country Profiles
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji Islands
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
Vanuatu
Zambia
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