INTRODUCTION Local government areas are suppose to be the engines of national development. A quite rural community grows into a busting city‚ and the local leaders makes this possible. In an ideal and well developed nations of the world‚ when people are tired of living in the cities they retire or relocate to rural communities where life is less strenuous. However‚ the opposite is the case in Nigeria; living in a rural community is difficult because nothing works as it should. People are subjected
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1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES A fresh look at local government’s deliver obligations and resource requirements is needed. HILDEGARDE FAST makes the case for a differentiated approach. It is common knowledge that many municipalities in South Africa are financially in dire straits. In the public discourse‚ the focus is often on operational issues such as poor revenue collection‚ unsustainable debt burdens‚ and lack of financial management capacity. In seeking to understand the financial
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proposed program and is presented into two parts‚ namely: Part I – National Government Budget‚ and Part II - Budgets of the three (3) Energy Corporations. | The FY 2008 Budget Program | The total proposed expenditure program for FY 2008 amounts to P1.227 Trillion‚ computed on an obligation basis‚ as presented in Table I below and in Annex A. | Table I Summary of Appropriations and Obligations of the National Government‚ FY 2006-2008 (In thousand pesos) | | PARTICULARS | 2006 (Actual) |
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MUKONO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MUKONO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 Lillian Muyomba-Tamale Godber W. Tumushabe Ivan Amanigaruhanga Viola Bwanika-Semyalo Emma Jones ACODE Policy Research Series No. 45‚ 2011 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA 2
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Changes in local government recently have occurred in 2009 much of England has the two tier system of local government the changes that were proposed where to change multiple counties from the two tier system to a unitary status of the proposed areas the shortlist made was Cornwall‚ Durham‚ Northumberland‚ Shropshire‚ Wiltshire and later Cheshire. However after these changes where implemented the central government implemented the Local Government Act 2010 halted and stopped and current or future
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Philippine Local Government Taxation Local government units‚ by virtue of the 1987 Constitution and the Local Government Code of 1991‚ otherwise known as Republic Act 7160 have been given the power to raise certain taxes. Power to Create Sources of Revenue (Sec. 129) • Each local government unit (LGU) has thepower to create its own sources of revenue and to levy taxes‚ fees‚ and charges • The grant of power to create sources of revenue is consistent with the basic policy of local autonomy
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Managing Human Resources: Personnel Administration in Local Government In this article‚ the author Ronald D. Sylvia speaks on the management of human resources and its difficulty in the preservation‚ and integrity in personnel administration on the local government level. In reading the article the author gives us a brief history of how the hiring process in the local government became so corrupt. Due to several legal and social constraints faced by public managers in the public sector of the
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Role of local government in housing i. Examination of the housing conditions of the area‚ estimation of demand including the requirement of special groups such as the aged‚ physically handicapped and the homeless ii. Assessment of the housing supply including the physical condition of the existing dwelling and the size and scope of the building and acquisition program of all the agencies involved iii. Research to assess housing need to ensure that all available resources are used to the
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Empowering Local Government The PDP pledges to empower the local government to give it more administrative powers‚ whereby‚ it will be given maximum autonomy to take decisions‚ to prioritize developmental activities‚ and even change developmental activities based on the need and urgency. It would receive more financial powers‚ as PDP believes local government bodies have limited financial power‚ in terms of available funds or the discretion to use it. Within the first week of forming the government
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