http://www.khanya-aicdd.org daily 1 2008-08-26T13:02:52Z http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/Khanya%20briefing%202.pdf This policy briefing draws from emerging findings of a study about Funding Communities and demonstrates that mechanisms to fund communities can have a major impact and at scale and can be an effective weapon to address poverty and inequality, and to empower communities to take forward their own development. No publisher Alex Briefing Local Economic Development Community Based Management Policy Briefing 2008-10-07T18:06:23Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/Action_Learning_Briefing.pdf This briefing summarises emerging lessons from research led by Khanya-aicdd and funded by the Southern African Trust. This was based on five detailed cases studies which aimed to deepen our understanding of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation of policies and practices that actually benefit the poor. No publisher Alex Developing Capacity Action Research Action Learning Policy Briefing Development Planning Briefing 2008-10-07T18:05:09Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/LED_Policybrief_7.pdf This briefing explores how biodiversity can be the basis of viable economic opportunities that benefit the previously disadvantaged in rural areas. The relevance of a biodiversity economy for local government is to place it squarely in the context of the two core challenges of sustainability: the fight against poverty and exclusion, and a growing environmental crisis. In South Africa, these two challenges coalesce in a particularly unique way. South Africa is distinct in that its world-renowned biodiversity, which is under significant threat, coexists with a history of land dispossession that produced widespread rural poverty. A strategy to address both issues is now being pursued in the Western Cape and parts of the Eastern and Northern Cape, holding new opportunities as well as challenges for rural municipalities around the country in supporting local economic development (LED). No publisher Alex Briefing Local Economic Development Food Security, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Briefing 2008-10-07T17:33:15Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/CBW_systems_ODI_Oct2007.pdf Lessons from Uganda, South Africa, Lesotho and Kenya suggest that Community-based Worker (CBW) models can be applied at large scale and can have a major impact on livelihoods. These lessons are drawn from several sectors including natural resources. To scale up such approaches successfully requires rethinking service provision, and a major investment in the capacity of civil society. No publisher Alex Briefing Policy Briefing Rethinking Governance Community-based workers 2008-10-08T13:18:35Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/LEDPolicy6.pdf This Briefing argues that Local Government in South Africa is not appropriately configured to meet the sustainable development challenge. A major obstacle is the dualistic nature of regulatory frameworks - particularly in respect of IDPs and IEAs. Adopting a sustainability paradigm forces us to rethink the meaning of development and question the adequacy of an 'impact mitigation' mindset inherent in current policy frames. If Local Economic Development is pursued without embracing the real challenges of sustainability, outcomes will be short-lived as they inevitably come up against the long-term impact of previously unrecognised ecological thresholds. No publisher Alex Briefing Local Economic Development Sustainable Livelihoods Approach Rethinking Governance Policy Briefing 2008-10-07T17:31:41Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/ledpolicy%205.pdf This briefing looks at global trends in LED policy making and practice and reviews the guiding principles of LED that are generally agreed by both policymakers and practitioners and how they apply in Africa. No publisher Rahel Briefing International Learning and Sharing Local Economic Development 2008-11-18T11:54:43Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/LEDPolicy4.pdf This briefing reports on a study of pro-poor local economic development in 30 urban and 50 rural municipalities of South Africa. Very different conditions can be seen ranging from the small rural to large urban municipalities but examples of more–or-less success can be seen in all size groups. 56% of municipalities have LED units, similar in reporting urban and rural municipalities, but in rural areas this is often only one person. There is a common view that economic growth will by itself ensure poverty reduction, which is dangerous in a dualistic society such as South Africa. No publisher Alex Briefing Local Economic Development Learning and Sharing Policy Briefing 2008-10-07T17:30:17Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/led%20policy%203.pdf This briefing highlights the significance of South African tourism and LED planners learning from the wider international experience in planning route tourism. In particular, these lessons highlight the need for developing cooperative networks and involvement of local government as well as the private sector; the importance of innovative product development and good quality infrastructural access; the value of community participation and of promoting local linkages with SMMEs; the critical importance of marketing and of support for marketing by local and provincial authorities; and of the need for a pro-poor focus. No publisher Rahel Briefing Local Economic Development Learning and Sharing South Africa 2008-11-18T11:47:26Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/led%20policy%202.pdf This paper provides an overview of key definitional challenges of the terms and mechanisms of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and outlines why it is needed. It summarizes its relevance within the South African context, current requirements for M&E, and outlines elements from international M&E experience from which to draw possible lessons. No publisher Rahel Briefing Local Economic Development Learning and Sharing South Africa 2008-11-18T11:49:39Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/led%20policy%201%20ebook.pdf This policy briefing summarises the results of a study of Pro-Poor LED commissioned by the World Bank and implemented by Rhodes University, Khanya-aicdd, and the University of Witwatersrand. Some key findings revealed that the definition and understanding of LED shows wide variation. LED is unevenly developed and operationalised across the South African urban system where major divides exist between the largest, well resourced and capacitated municipalities and the smaller urban centres. This is demonstrated by the variability of capacity, staffing and resourcing which severely limits impact. On the ground the results of LED interventions seem limited and the impacts are poorly understood and monitored. No publisher Rahel Briefing Local Economic Development South Africa Policy Briefing 2008-11-18T11:55:51Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/Implications%20of%20CBP%2004%2009%2020.pdf This article highlights the benefits of the Community-based Planning Approach as follows: - Provides assistance to municipalities to give effect to the requirements of the Municipal Systems Act; - taking the meaning of participation beyond consultation to effective community empowerment, encouraging ownership of local development, the releasing of local community energy for action, thereby overcoming dependency; - The use of relatively small amounts of process funds by local government to harness local energy and resources; - Obtaining a sophisticated understanding of the assets, vulnerabilities, preferred outcomes and livelihood strategies of different groups within the community, including the most vulnerable; No publisher Kim Briefing Policy Briefing Development Planning Community Based Management 2008-10-06T17:27:05Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/CBP_NRP88_0308.pdf Much effort has focused on strengthening decentralised institutions, such as local government, to support local development. However, frequently the links between decentralised institutions and citizens remain weak. Resources often get captured by these meso-institutions and do not reach the community level. This paper summarises ongoing work to develop and implement systems of community-based planning in Uganda, South Africa, Ghana and Zimbabwe. The approach has generated planning methodologies which have been tested in six large municipalities covering up to 2 million people, and are now being rolled out nationally in Uganda and South Africa, with a national steering committee established to take next steps in Zimbabwe. No publisher Alex Briefing Policy Briefing Development Planning Community Based Management 2008-10-07T17:27:00Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/SLA_SCLP_Valueofcoast.pdf The aim of the Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Projects was to encourage the sustainable use of natural resources towards improving local communities' quality of life, without compromising the availability of those resources for future generations. This is the final article from this Project. No publisher Kim Briefing 2008-10-08T13:04:22Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/Tourism_Pro-Poor_IIED.pdf This paper suggests that pro-poor tourism strategies appear to be able to ‘tilt’ the industry, at the margin, to expand opportunities for the poor and have potentially wide application across the industry. Poverty reduction through PPT can therefore be significant at a local or district level. National impacts would require a shift across the sector, and will vary with location and the relative size of tourism. No publisher Kim Briefing Local Economic Development Food Security, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Briefing 2008-10-08T13:05:57Z publicationFile http://www.khanya-aicdd.org/publications/SLA_NRP50_results.pdf This paper reports on work carried out with partners in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa by Khanya – managing rural change and funded by the UK’s Department for International Development. It summarises the key findings from the four case study countries/provinces according to levels of support and action, types of organisation, policy issues and the process of managing change to promote Sustainable Livelihoods. No publisher Kim Briefing Policy Briefing Rethinking Governance Sustainable Livelihoods Approach 2008-10-07T18:10:14Z publicationFile