Locally Led Development: The What, Why and How

Locally led development is fundamentally about shifting power to local organisations and entities and away from international organisations and donors.

Lisa Denney and Elisabeth Jackson have produced a briefing paper on locally led development for the Research and Development Impact Network.

Locally led development is fundamentally about shifting power to local organisations and entities and away from international organisations and donors. The briefing paper explores what locally led development is, why it has emerged, what different approaches look like and outstanding challenges.

The paper informed a RDI Network sector forum in late July on "The Realities of Local Partnership" which was co-hosted with the Diplomatic Academy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.