LDI Local Development International: Promoting Local Development Through Local Governments

Selected Recent LDI Assignments
Year Client Country Description
2011 RGC Cambodia Drafting of model "District Charter", a document defining the scope of autonomous developmental initiative of newly created District Authorities
2011 UNDP Somalia Mid-Term Review of the United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery in Somalia (UNDP, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, ILO, UNCDF, and Somali national and subnational Governments)
2011 EU Jordan Design of a National Program to promote Local Economic Development in Jordan and related Technical and Administrative Provisions for EU financing
2010-2011 UNDP Jordan Development of institutional and technical options for introducing Governorate-level regional and local development planning
2010 GTZ Cambodia Detailed Preparation of the 3 years Implementation Plan of the National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development
2010 World Bank Cambodia Outline of the 3 years Implementation Plan of the National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development
2010 UNCDF Laos Detailed design of a financial facility to support sub-national (District-level) public investments
2010 UNCDF Cambodia Support to the Ministry of Economy and Finance for preparation of the Sub-National Administrations Finance Law
2009 World Bank Mexico Formulation of a pilot component of a WB-financed CONAFE-managed project, for decentralizing, at municipal level, the delivery of educational services to marginalized communities
2009 UNCDF Cambodia Support to the Ministry of Economy and Finance for preparation of the Sub-National Administrations Finance Law
2009 UNCDF Laos Preparation of a policy paper on mechanisms for financing sub-national (District-level) public investments
2009 UNCDF Burundi Review and re-design of the Commune Investment Fund (FONIC)
2009 UNCDF Mozambique Preparation of the 2010-15 UNCDF Country Program. Identification of Local Economic Development and Municipal infrastructure projects
2009 UNCDF Global Support to the preparation of the 2010 Global Forum on Local Development
2009 UNDP Jordan Development of Policy Options for Decentralization Reforms and the architecture of the sub-national system of governance and public administration
2009 DFID - UK Yemen Preparation of Concept Note for the design of the multi-donor funded 4th Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD)
2008 SADC South Africa Training services on project financial appraisal as part of the Queen's University "Program for Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis" organized for Development Banks and Micro-finance institutions in the SADC region.
2008 UNCDF Nicaragua Design and technical backstopping of a Municipal Fund for Local Economic Development (FIDEL)
2008 UNDP Egypt Assistance to the Ministry of Local Development (MLD) for the drafting of the National Egyptian Decentralization Strategy (NEDS)