Economic Development Pathways for Local Area Development Ghana currently has 260 districts under its local governance structure and these districts are to bring development closer to the people. The administrations of...
economic development
Making Local Economic Development (LED) work in Ghana
Making Local Economic Development (LED) work in Ghana Local Economic Development (LED) currently, has no unified definition and development practitioners, international institutions and researchers have diverse...
The roles and responsibilities of metropolitan, municipal and district actors in Local Economic Development
The roles and responsibilities of metropolitan, municipal and district actors in Local Economic Development Local governance has, since the 1990s, gained global importance in many developing countries. The flurry of...
Time for change
African leadership: the golden age The continent’s current crop of leaders is more acquiescent than their post-colonial predecessors in dealing with external attempts at unwarranted interference Former Nigerian...
CASE STUDY: Mbizana, a rural South African municipality
In Mbizana, informal businesses keep some afloat Last year, GGA published its first local government survey, which ranked South Africa’s 234 local and metro municipalities according to a select number of factors...
