Butterworth, DavidDale, Pamela2018-10-092018-10-092010-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/30533In pursuing a decentralization policy that sets out to devolve elements of state authority to municipalities, the Government of Timor-Leste faces a key challenge: how to combine different types of governance systems that have legitimacy at local and state levels. In order to inform this process, this policy note looks at how communities and local government currently work together to plan and implement local development initiatives. It attempts to answer the question, 'what steps might the government of Timor-Leste take to amplify the voice of citizens in development planning, and the responsiveness of the state to those voices?' This note informs current discussions on community-planning processes, dispute-resolution and complaints mechanisms within local development programs, and other important aspects of the decentralization agenda through a perspective informed by in-depth, local-level policy analysis.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITIESACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSACTIVE PARTICIPATIONADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTSBIDDINGCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIESCITIZENCITIZEN PARTICIPATIONCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCIVIC EDUCATIONCIVIL SERVANTCIVIL SERVANTSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY GROUPSCIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENTCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVESCLEAN WATERCOLLUSIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMMUNITY LEADERSCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCOMPLAINTCOMPLAINTSCONFIDENCECONSENSUSCONSULTATION MEETINGSCONTRIBUTIONSCORRUPTIONCOUNCILSCRIMECRONYISMDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION ACTIVITIESDECISION MAKINGDECISION-MAKINGDECISION-MAKING AUTHORITYDECISION-MAKING POWERDECISION-MAKING PROCESSESDECREEDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCEDEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATIONDEMOCRATIC STATEDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPMENT ACTORSDEVELOPMENT GRANTSDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONSDISCRETIONDISTRICTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONEXECUTIONFEMALEFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SERVICESFORMAL INSTITUTIONSGENDERGOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONSGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSHOSPITALSHOUSESIDEOLOGIESINEQUALITYINFORMAL PAYMENTSINFORMATION SHARINGINGOINITIATIVEINSTITUTION BUILDINGINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSJUSTICELEADERSHIPLEGITIMACYLEVELS OF GOVERNMENTLIVING STANDARDSLOBBYINGLOCAL ACTORSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL AUTHORITYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL COMMUNITYLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIESLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INSTITUTIONSLOCAL LEVEL INSTITUTIONSLOCAL LEVELSLOCAL MEDIALOCAL ORGANIZATIONSLOCAL OWNERSHIPLOCAL PARTICIPATIONMORAL VALUESMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTSMUNICIPALITYNATION BUILDINGNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL NETWORKSNATIONAL POLICYNATIONSNEPOTISMNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPARLIAMENTPARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENTPARTICIPATORY PLANNINGPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPOLICY ANALYSISPOLITICAL AUTHORITYPOLITICAL CONFLICTPOLITICAL LEGITIMACYPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL POWERPRESIDENCYPRIMARY SCHOOLPROCUREMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYREHABILITATIONREPRESENTATIVESRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTSANCTIONSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSETTLEMENTSOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL ORGANIZATIONSTATE ADMINISTRATIONSTATE AUTHORITIESSTATE AUTHORITYSTATE INSTITUTIONSSTATISTICAL ANALYSISTHEFTTHIEVERYTRANSPARENCYURBAN AREASVILLAGESVOTINGYOUTHYOUTH DEVELOPMENTYOUTH EMPOWERMENTYOUTH REPRESENTATIVESJUSTICE FOR THE POORPolicy NoteWorld Bank10.1596/30533