This paper debates the implications of the Urban Councils Act (UCA) on the practice of good corporate governance in Zimbabwean urban local authorities. The study revealed that the act upholds corporate governance in urban councils through providing for: council meetings that are open to the public...
Lack of foreign currency, she lamented, obsolete equipment, rapid urbanisation and lack of upgraded waste management infrastructure were challenges bedevilling most local authorities. “Local authorities should be given relative autonomy by the Local Government and Public Works ministry in the procurement ...
This also comes amid calls for the country's institutions of higher learning to invest in research that would result in the remodelling of local authorities in line with international standards. Speaking during the inaugural national economic policy dialogue session organised by the Zimbabwe Institute o...
Those who have been involved in this activism have already tasted the wrath of the Zimbabwean authorities, as many have been arrested on spurious charges with hardly any convictions, on top of numerous reports of threats, beatings up, torture, burning down of homes, as well as alleged abduct...
This chapter discusses present-day relations between the police and local authorities since the 1964 police act. The chapter situates the present crisis of the local state, with its direct implication for the police institution, within the context of the national and international economy. The pecul...
This includes planning and zoning authorities, as well as the responsibility to provide police, fire, and utilities in the area.…It’s a bit simplistic to think that giving Walt Disney World Resort the power of self-rule is some sort of gift or privilege. That the park, given self-...
Alun updated us onIndia & Kashmirwith special reference to the BK16: 8 of them in prison (2 granted bail) and 5 out on bail; he will write a letter for them to the Indian authorities on the Group’s behalf. The Indian government must end the repression of rights in Jammu and Kashmir...
If Chinese development projects affect local corruption, individuals traveling to nearby market places and dealing with nearby local authorities are likely to experience the results. Individuals living sufficiently far from a project site, however, should not. As discussed in Knutsen et al. (2016), ...
The overall rank order appears very similar across arms; only the categories of ‘local authorities’ and ‘local farmers’ switch rank in ES compared to the other two arms. Nevertheless, a striking difference arises between the control group on the one hand, and ES and CB on the other, wh...
(2022). The communities expressed those concerns as being among the reasons for not accepting the benefits received because the protected area authorities have taken their land which could have been used for cultiva- tion and livestock grazing. The location of the boundary is particularly important ...