Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan
This study examines the experiences of local government councilors between 2013–2020 in four provinces of Pakistan. The study addresses three key questions: Firstly, it investigates the differences and commonalities in the local government structures across provinces and explores the potential for s...
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| description | This study examines the experiences of local government councilors between 2013–2020 in four provinces of Pakistan. The study addresses three key questions: Firstly, it investigates the differences and commonalities in the local government structures across provinces and explores the potential for synchronization to enhance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local level. Secondly, it examines the main challenges local councilors face in effectively delivering basic services, including water, sanitation, health, education, waste management, and transport, within both rural and urban contexts. Lastly, the study analyses the necessary changes or reforms at the provincial level within the existing local government system in rural and urban areas to ensure the delivery of basic services in alignment with SDGs. The findings reveal that a powerful bureaucracy and political influence at the intermediate to upper levels of the government hierarchy exert significant control over administrative, fiscal, and political. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f3456ae444c74ed7b48d5df2a03173f42025-08-20T02:37:57ZengTaylor & Francis GroupDevelopment Studies Research2166-50952024-12-0111110.1080/21665095.2024.2414028Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in PakistanAbdur Rehman Cheema0Iftikhar Ahmad1Abid Mehmood2Water Governance and Political Economy (WGPE), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Lahore, PakistanSchool of Public Policy, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, PakistanSchool of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKThis study examines the experiences of local government councilors between 2013–2020 in four provinces of Pakistan. The study addresses three key questions: Firstly, it investigates the differences and commonalities in the local government structures across provinces and explores the potential for synchronization to enhance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local level. Secondly, it examines the main challenges local councilors face in effectively delivering basic services, including water, sanitation, health, education, waste management, and transport, within both rural and urban contexts. Lastly, the study analyses the necessary changes or reforms at the provincial level within the existing local government system in rural and urban areas to ensure the delivery of basic services in alignment with SDGs. The findings reveal that a powerful bureaucracy and political influence at the intermediate to upper levels of the government hierarchy exert significant control over administrative, fiscal, and political.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21665095.2024.2414028Localisation of SDGsintegrated area developmentlocal governancePakistan |
| spellingShingle | Abdur Rehman Cheema Iftikhar Ahmad Abid Mehmood Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan Development Studies Research Localisation of SDGs integrated area development local governance Pakistan |
| title | Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan |
| title_full | Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan |
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| title_short | Aligning local governance with SDGs: a study of local government systems in Pakistan |
| title_sort | aligning local governance with sdgs a study of local government systems in pakistan |
| topic | Localisation of SDGs integrated area development local governance Pakistan |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21665095.2024.2414028 |
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