摘要：This issue is published on the eve of the CLGF Research Colloquium, hosted by Ugandan Institute of Management on 13/14 May 2013 in Kampala, to launch the 2013 Commonwealth Local Government Conference. The theme − Developmental Local Government: Putting local government at the heart of development − ushers in some exciting new papers, covering issues of urban finance and development, strengthening local democracy, local economic development, and the crucial Post- 2015 agenda, which will be published in the next edition of CJLG. Our thanks to Rose Namara and Sylvester Kugonoza, coordinators at UIM, Philip Amis of the University of Birmingham, who chairs the CLGF research group, and Gareth Wall who organised the Colloquium.
关键词：Local government; local democracy; citizenship; Commonwealth; community participation; community empowerment; strategic leadership; strategic planning; decentralisation; urbanisation; climate change; social inclusion; development; poverty alleviation;Local government; local democracy; citizenship; Commonwealth; community participation; community empowerment; strategic leadership; strategic planning; decentralisation; urbanisation; climate change; social inclusion; development; poverty alleviation
