Basic Services for All in an Urbanizing World: GOLD III

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Claire Frost

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Basic Services for All in an Urbanizing World is the third instalment in United Cities and Local Government’s (UCLG) flagship series of global reports on local democracy and decentralisation (GOLD III). In the context of rapid urbanisation, climate change and economic uncertainty the report is an impressive attempt to analyse local government’s role in the provision of basic services, the challenges they are facing, and make recommendations to improve local government’s ability to ensure access for all. Published in 2014, the report is well positioned to feed into the current debate on what will follow the UN Millennium Development Goals, and examines the role of local government in the provision of basic services across the world regions.

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Frost, C. (2014). Basic Services for All in an Urbanizing World: GOLD III. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (15), 178-179. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.4070
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