The Cities Alliance
The Cities Alliance, a global coalition of cities and their development partners, is committed to scaling up successful approaches to poverty reduction. By promoting the positive impacts of urbanization, the Alliance helps local authorities plan and prepare for future growth. The Alliance helps cities to develop sustainable financing strategies and attract long-term capital investments for infrastructure and other services. The Cities Alliance provides matching grants to support city development strategies and slum-upgrading efforts.

ICMA Center for Performance Measurement
The ICMA Center for Performance Measurement is dedicated to helping local governments measure, compare, and improve municipal service delivery. ICMA's Comparative Performance Measurement Program currently assists over 150 cities and counties in the United States and Canada with the collections, analysis, and application of performance information.

Transparency International (TI)
Transparency International (TI) is a global civil society organization that brings together relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business. TI's global network of chapters and contacts also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement anti-corruption reforms.

United Cities and Local Governments
United Cities and Local Governments is an association of cities and national associations of local governments which aims to be the united voice and world advocate of democratic local self-government, promoting its values, objectives and interests, through cooperation between local governments, and within the wider international community.

World United Nations Habitat Best Practices Database in Improving the Living Environment
The United Nations Habitat Best Practices Database in Improving the Living Environment is a searchable database contains over 2,650 proven solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development.

World Bank's Public Expenditure Management Handbook
The World Bank's Public Expenditure Management Handbook provides a framework for thinking about public expenditure management and how it affects budgetary outcomes. The handbook provides useful practical insights for how governments can attain sound budget performance and financial management.

World Bank's Social Development Group
The World Bank's Social Development Group is about transforming societies by understanding the social context of the country as well as the needs and priorities of poor people. Themes include community driven development, social capital, participation and civic engagement, and social policy. The site provides toolkits, analytical papers, case studies, and other resources.

The Local Government Information Network
LOGIN is a local government information clearinghouse designed to promote the professional development of local government officials and their staffs, and strengthen the capabilities of organizations that support the reform of public administration at the local level. LOGIN facilitates the exchange of information through the Internet, workshops, publications, conferences, and training. The mission of LOGIN is to provide information to decision-makers at the local level through the exchange of knowledge and experience in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative
LGI works to promote democratic and effective local government and public administration to advance policy analysis as a tool for decision making in public affairs. LGI supports governmental reform, in collaboration with its civil society partners, by monitoring and benchmarking government performance on the one hand and providing analytical and technical support to government on the other. The LGI website provides policy papers, country reports, program descriptions, links to other useful websites, and other information related to public administration and local government.

Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability was founded in 1990 by local governments at the United Nations Headquarters in New York as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). ICLEI is a democratically governed membership association of cities, towns, counties, metropolitan governments, and local government associations. ICLEI provides technical consulting, training, and information services to build capacity, share knowledge, and support local government in the implementation of sustainable development at the local level.

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