Full Description
This 2013/14 edition of the Commonwealth Local Government Handbook is a complete reference book of local government in the Commonwealth. Updated and revised, it details the systems of local government in Commonwealth countries and covers the legal basis for local government, how local government is structured, how elections take place, what systems are in place for community involvement, the structure of intergovernmental relations and monitoring systems, how local government is financed and what services local government is responsible for. The profiles are in a format that allows easy country-to-country comparison. Produced by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and published by Publications UK Ltd.
Contents
Preface by Carl Wright, Secretary-General, CLGF Foreword by Hon Adolf Mwesige, Minister of Local Government, Uganda and CLGF Vice-Chairperson Introduction by Mayor Lawrence Yule, President of Local Government New Zealand, CLGF Chairperson Country Profiles: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Zambia
