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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently developing a Democratic Governance Vetted Experts Roster, within which Local Governance / Local Development is one of the key…

As part of the lead-up to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Busan, South Korea, in November 2011, development partners and countries are working on identifying the next steps for the results agenda. The Asia Pacific Community of Practice shares with you their draft note on the results agenda going forward and seek your comments. Kindly provide your thoughts on this by responding in the comments sections at the bottom of the page.

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The introduction of free basic education and the construction of new classrooms provided an opportunity for schooling for many children coming from poor backgrounds, especially in the rural areas. However, the increase in number of places was not supported by an increase in learning or teaching materials nor did it match with the level of teacher training and deployment. For rural schools, the problem was much bigger as most newly trained teachers opted to stay in urban areas. Thus,…

In May this year, the AfCoP concluded its 4th Annual Meeting which took place in Nairobi, Kenya. Over 60 participants representing a wide range of AfCoP member countries across Africa met to discuss the AfCoP's progress made since its creation in 2007, to strengthen its effectiveness at the national level and to…