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Regulatory Mapping Guide Book on Local Government Services: Municipal Councils (6284 KB)

This publication is intended to serve as a guide to clarify local government services provided by Municipal Councils. It provides a detailed outline of the legalities, eligibility, fees, application process, timeline and recourse available for...

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09/14/2009 Book
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Measuring Economic Governance at the Local Level (127 KB)

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ASIA FOUNDATION IN INDONESIA, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, SRI LANKA, AND BANGLADESH

The Asia Foundation’s approach to effective economic governance builds on the knowledge that the engine for sustainable growth is...

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05/01/2009 Handout
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Measuring Economic Governance at the Local Level-11x17 (120 KB)

11x17 version.

The Asia Foundation’s approach to effective economic governance builds on the knowledge that the engine for sustainable growth is the formal and informal MSME sector, the major source of employment for most...

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05/01/2009 Handout
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Financial Reporting and Cash Management: Financial Management Training Module 1 of 4 (310 KB)

Financial Management Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Financial Management. Each module kit contains...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Revenue Enhancement: Financial Management Training Module 2 of 4 (391 KB)

Financial Management Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Financial Management. Each module kit contains...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Grant Management & Donor Relations: Financial Management Training Module 3 of 4 (468 KB)

Financial Management Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Financial Management. Each module kit contains...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Office Management: Financial Management Training Module 4 of 4 (1089 KB)

Financial Management Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Financial Management. Each module kit contains...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Solid Waste Collection and Transport: Service Delivery Training Module 1 of 4 (454 KB)

Service Delivery Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Solid Waste Management and Roads and Drainage...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Solid Waste Reduction: Service Delivery Training Module 2 of 4 (552 KB)

Service Delivery Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Solid Waste Management and Roads and Drainage...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Road and Drainage Maintenance: Service Delivery Training Module 3 of 4 (4359 KB)

Service Delivery Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Solid Waste Management and Roads and Drainage...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Solid Waste Planning and Disposal: Service Delivery Training Module 4 of 4 (625 KB)

Service Delivery Training Modules: This series of four training modules is designed to provide the teaching and learning materials for training modules for LA officials in Solid Waste Management and Roads and Drainage...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Building Partnerships Between Local Authorities and Citizens: A Training Module to Mobilize and Empower Citizen Groups (318 KB)

This resource book is designed to help citizens groups to establish cooperative relationships with local authorities and lay the groundwork for better governance and social accountability at the local level. The book contains information about...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Guide to Proposal Writing for Local Authorities (1182 KB)

This guidebook is designed to help local authority personnel write a successful project proposal for submission to a funding agency or similar organization. It sets out the basic steps in project identification and describes each section of a...

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03/27/2009 Book
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Technology of Participation (450 KB)

This resource book is designed to be used by skilled Facilitator Trainers to deliver workshops on facilitation skills to local authority officials. The book contains background information on citizen participation and provides presentation...

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03/27/2009 Book
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The Legal Aid Sector in Sri Lanka: Searching for Sustainable Solutions - A Mapping of Legal Aid Services in Sri Lanka (Policy Brief) (3569 KB)

This document summarizes the report entitled "The Legal Aid Sector in Sri Lanka: Searching for Sustainable Solutions - A Mapping of Legal Aid Services in Sri Lanka," which was initiated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equal...

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03/25/2009 Report
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The Legal Aid Sector in Sri Lanka: Searching for Sustainable Solutions - A Mapping of Legal Aid Services in Sri Lanka (4361 KB)

The Mapping of Legal Aid Services in Sri Lanka titled, "The Legal Aid Sector in Sri Lanka: Searching for Sustainable Solutions," was initiated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations High Commission for...

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03/25/2009 Report
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Policy Advocacy Handbook for Improving Economic Governance (Sri Lankan Version) (13183 KB)

(Sri Lankan Version) This handbook presents basic information on advocacy and how it can be pursued by private enterprises, government institutions and other organizations in Sri Lanka to establish and safeguard their rights. It was...

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01/08/2009 Miscellaneous
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Policy Advocacy Handbook for Improving Economic Governance (7180 KB)

This handbook presents basic information on advocacy and how it can be pursued by private enterprises, government institutions and other organizations in Sri Lanka to establish and safeguard their rights. It was prepared by The Asia...

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05/01/2008 Miscellaneous
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A Peek under the Engine Hood: The Methodology of The Asia Foundation's Subnational Economic Governance Indices, Edmund J. Malesky (427 KB)

This paper presents a brief, user-friendly summary of the basics of EGI creation. It reviews the basic rationale underlying the index approach. Second, it describes the three methodological elements, which run through all EGIs, showing how...

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03/01/2008 Analysis
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Measuring Sub-National Business Environments - The Provincial Business Environment Scorecard in Cambodia And The Economic Governance Index in Sri Lanka, Veronique Salze-Lozac’h (374 KB)

Cambodia, where the Provincial Business Environment Scorecard (PBES) was first implemented in 2006, and Sri Lanka where the first Economic Governance Index (EGI-SL) was conducted in 2007, are the two most recent additions to the LEGIs...

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03/01/2008 Analysis
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Economic Governance Index 2007 - Sri Lanka (1032 KB)

A measure of the local enabling environment for private enterprise in Sri Lanka.

11/01/2007 Report
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Sri Lanka (460 KB)

An overview of The Asia Foundation's Sri Lanka programs.

08/01/2007 Handout
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The United States' Role in Sri Lanka's Peace Process: 2002-2006, Jeffrey Lunstead (358 KB)

A Supplementary Study to the Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005

05/01/2007 Report
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Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005 - Transcript of the Study Launch Event in Washington, DC, Nilan Fernando (269 KB)

Transcript of Washington, D.C. event launching the six-volume study.

05/16/2006 Speech
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Key Findings: Strategic Conflict Assessment (174 KB)

On January 30, 2006, five sponsoring agencies — The World Bank, The Asia Foundation, and the Governments of the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom — launched a study in Colombo, Sri Lanka, titled, The Strategic Conflict...

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05/01/2006 Program Profile
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Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2005 (1949 KB)

The Asia Foundation's Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2005

03/01/2006 Report
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Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005 - Vol. 1 - Aid, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, 2000-2005, Jonathan Goodhand and Bart Klem, with Dilrukshi Fonseka, S.I. Keethaponcalan, and Shonali Sardesai (1109 KB)

This Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) follows and builds upon a previous assessment conducted for the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) in 2000 (Goodhand, 2001). Like the previous study, it aims to do three things: First,...

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01/31/2006 Report
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Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005 - Vol. 2 - Donors and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, 2000-2005, Adam Burke and Anthea Mulakala (439 KB)

Part of the Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005

01/31/2006 Report
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Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005 - Vol. 3 - The Politics of the South, David Rampton and Asanga Welikala (540 KB)

PART OF THE SRI LANKA STRATEGIC CONFLICT ASSESSMENT 2005

01/31/2006 Report
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Sri Lanka Strategic Conflict Assessment 2005 - Vol. 4 - The Politics of the North-East, Liz Philipson and Yuvi Thangarajah (443 KB)

This report is part of a broader study entitled "Aid, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka" (Goodhand and Klem 2005). Its focus is exclusively the North-East1 of Sri Lanka since the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) between the...

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01/31/2006 Report
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