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The DDP III Joint Programme Outcome(s):
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Local Government (LG) capacity for effective LED governance developed (local economic governance);
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Local business environment enhanced (locality development)
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Business and market development services to stimulate demand provided (enterprise development);
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LED at National Level enhanced; (v) Gender equity in LED strengthened (vi) Access to Justice at the Local level strengthened.
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Gender equity in LED strengthened
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Access to Justice at the Local level strengthened.
This is a US$ 10,360,000 programme spanning 4 years and for the first time in the Region, the Government through its Local Government Sector Investment Plan is providing more than half the total resources for investment.
The evaluation of the DDP II among others noted that:
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The Local Councils continue to depend on national transfers and direct donor support for the bulk of their development resources (90%);
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Local resource mobilisation has been quite frustrating because the local economies in most cases are weak. Investment is low thus unemployment surging;
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The capacity of the Local Councils to support in activating and managing local economies was very limited hence increasing local revenues became a disincentive for local investment;
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While the gender issues required strengthening at the Local level for it to be sustained the justice intervention demanded a further piloting at the higher levels of the Local Councils Courts for it to work as a complete system.
The DDP III thus responded to these established concerns with planned specific support to the Local Authorities to manage investments and create the necessary environment to support the initiation, running, management and growth of local business initiatives through the use of local resources and opportunities, skills, and access to relevant information.
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