Community-led local development approach principles implementation when forming a regional local development projects support system in Ukraine

Forming the Territorial Communities' Local Budgets in Ukraine Under Decentralization: Current Condition and Management Tasks

The budgetary capacity with the tax component as its key aspect is the basis for forming local budgets of a territorial community. The paper outlines the methods for diagnostics of the budgetary capacity of territorial communities by revenues aimed at providing a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessment of the status, strengths, and weaknesses of the economy of an administrative-te...

FDI and Local Financial Market Development in Oil Exporting and Importing Emerging Economies: VAR Panel Approach

The literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has advanced several explanations of the links between financial market developments and FDI inflows across developing as well as developed countries. Empirical literature show that financial market development reduces informational frictions and improves resource allocation more efficiently. Also, financial systems are important for both produc...

Targeting empowerment in community development: a community psychology approach to enhancing local power and well-being

This article proposes psychological empowerment as an orientation and targeted outcome for community development efforts. Psychological empowerment has been the focus of many studies in community psychology, where it has been defined as the psychological aspects of processes through which people, organizations, and communities take greater control over their affairs. Psychological empowerment h...

Community-Driven Development in Local Government Capacity Building Projects: Emerging Approaches in Africa

This note discusses the interface between community-driven development (CDD) and decentralization. In particular, it focuses on the aspects of decentralization programs related to local government capacity building, where the practical application of CDD principles becomes meaningful. The note considers how the principles of CDD are being incorporated into local government capacity building pro...

Strengthening local adaptation and mitigation capacities in community-level development projects