The Third Global Report on Decentralization and Local Democracy (GOLD III) is sponsored by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), which has presence in 140 countries in seven regions of the world.
The first report in the Global Observatory on Decentralization and Local Democracy series (GOLD I) released in 2008 was on the theme ‘;Decentralization and local democracy’. The second report (GOLD II) on ‘;Local government finance’ was issued in 2010. The theme of GOLD III report, to be published in 2014 is on the role of local governments in facilitating access by citizens to basic public services such as water, sanitation, transport, solid waste collection and disposal and energy generation and distribution
The GOLD III report for Asia and the Pacific is partly funded by Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA). Support is also provided by the World Bank, the Foreign Affairs and Development Agency of France and the Diputacion de Barcelona.
This observatory for the ASPAC region seeks to identify the specific needs of local authorities that may enable them to meet their responsibilities vis a vis provision of basic public services. Based on thorough analysis of the governance situation in a number of Asia Pacific countries, the report will propose recommendations on how to improve the ability of local governments to intervene and invest in provision of basic local services, jointly with other actors, to meet current and future service needs of residents in towns and cities.
