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Research outputs: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2012 The role of infrastructure in accelerating service delivery: lessons learnt from South Africa and China
The primary aim of the project was to investigate municipalities whose record in the delivery of basic services stand out as instances of go...
Download this report2012 Citizen perceptions of local government responsiveness in sub-Saharan Africa
This article focuses on political relationships between citizens and local government in sub-Saharan Africa, with special attention to leade...
2011 Financial viability of rural municipalities in South Africa
Public finance is considered to be the overriding factor in determining the viability of local government. Presumably, without sound financi...
2011 The perplexing problem of salvaging rural municipalities: service delivery and debt collection go hand in hand
The Auditor-General gave only seven out of 237 municipalities clean audits for the 2010-2011 financial year. This is no wonder, says HENDRIC...
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