UNDP Programming Handbook for Sustainable Local Development
UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS
December 2013
Self-Assessment Tool for Sustainable Local Development
UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS
December 2013
Opening Remarks on Behalf of UNDP at Housing Forum Europe Central Asia
Housing Forum Europe Central Asia, Palais des Nations, Geneva
April 2013
A New Definition of Local Development
Development and Transition
June 2011
Can a game make us better citizens?
UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS
June 2013
Local government a bright spot in rising corruption concerns in Slovakia
UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS
January 2013
Community-Led Prototypes
UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS
July 2012
Publication Title
A New Definition of Local Development in Development and Transition, issue dedicated to Integrated Local Development (July 18, 2011); United Nations Moldova Mid-Term Review: Joint Integrated Local Development Program, (co-author, May 2012). UNDP Programming Handbook for Sustainable Local Development for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (October 2013); Overview of Impact: Decentralization and Local Government Program in the Kyrgyz Republic Assessing and Starting a Local Economic Development (LED) Initiative: A Primer for USAID Field Staff (co-author, 2008); Can a game make us better citizens? (July 2013); Can we explore community-led prototypes? (July 2012)
Programming Sustainable Local Development: A Handbook for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, (UNDP) (2013).
Self-Assessment Tool for Sustainable Local Development, (UNDP) (2013)
Opening Remarks for UNDP at the Housing Forum Europe Central Asia, April 2013. Geneva.
A New Definition of Local Development in Development and Transition, issue dedicated to Integrated Local Development (July 18, 2011)
United Nations Moldova Mid-Term Review: Joint Integrated Local Development Program, (co-author), May 2012.
UNDP Tajikistan Communities Program Mid-Term Evaluation, (co-author), November 2012.
UNDP Programming Handbook for Sustainable Local Development for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, September 2013.
Assessing and Starting a Local Economic Development (LED) Initiative: A Primer for USAID Field Staff. (co-author with xxxx). Developed for USAID Urban Programs Team. 2008.
There is also a link from this site: http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/ledclusters
Blogs list (12)
http://europeandcis.undp.org/blog/author/clare-romanik/
Notes from the field:
Can a game make us better citizens? (July 4, 2013)
Local government a bright spot in rising corruption concerns in Slovakia (January 28, 2013)
A conversation with Joachim Spangenberg on sustainable development and social change (October 25, 2012)
Radical efficiency – what’s that all about? (September 19, 2012) (picked up by World Bank)
Can we explore community-led prototypes? (July 3, 2012) (tweeted by Anne-Marie Slaughter)
Tackling climate change at the local level (June 26, 2012)
Why complexity theory is a friend to local development (May 17, 2012) – undp.unteamworks.org
How local governments can increase their fiscal autonomy (May 11, 2012)
Social innovation models (March 29, 2012) – undp.unteamworks.org
Lessons from South-East Europe in local governance and fiscal decentralization (March 29, 2012) – undp.unteamworks.org (developed into external blog: How local governments can increase their fiscal autonomy)
Is inspiration the secret to scaling up? (February 17, 2012)
The Copernicus conspiracy (January 16, 2012)
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS (from Urban Institute)
Clare Romanik. Decentralization and Local Government Program Final Report. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pdacp757.pdf. 2009.
Clare Romanik. Overview of Impact: Decentralization and Local Government Program in the Kyrgyz Republic. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADR129.pdf. September 2009.
Clare Romanik (Editor in Chief), From Concept to Reality: Ten Years of Decentralization and Building Local Self-Government in Kyrgyzstan (1999-2009). June 2009.
International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 1: Contentious Global Issues, Book review published in Volume 75 of the Journal of the American Planning Association, 2009.
“Analysis of Decentralization in the Kyrgyz Republic using the Council of Europe Charter on Local Self-Government as a Framework,” October 2008.
“The Role of Local Government in Economic Development,” Presentation at a seminar on regional economic development for all governors and mayors in the Kyrgyz Republic, February 2008.
Clare Romanik, E. Hristev, M. Salabuga. “Local Government Finance in Moldova” in Local Finance Reform in Central and Eastern European Transitional Countries, (ed. Zelko Sevic), 2008.
“Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform in Kyrgyz Republic,” Briefing for the U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, September 2007.
Clare Romanik. “An Urban-Rural Focus on Food Markets in Africa,” UI Occasional Paper, November 2007. http://www.urban.org/publications/411604.html
Michael Sinclair and Clare Romanik. “Final Report for the Montenegro Good Local Governance Project” Prepared for USAID. (March 2006).
Clare Romanik and Francis Conway, “Grant Transfers and Financial Supervision in Romania: A Focus on Major Reforms Introduced by the Law on Local Public Finance,” Chapter 10 in the book Fiscal Decentralization and Grant Transfers in Transition Countries: A Critical Perspective, Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee), Bratislava, Slovak Republic (ISBN 80-89013-18-X).
Clare Romanik, Jerome Gallagher, and Jaroslava Zapletalova. “Recommendations for Development of Social Safety Nets for Energy in Georgia” March 2005, UI project number: 07808-000-00.
Clare Romanik and Kathy Alison, “Urban-Rural Linkages, Training for USAID Staff: Final Report,” November 2004. UI project number: 06967-907-00.
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Montenegro Good Local Governance Program, The Urban Institute (07587-000-00), June 2004.
Research Grant Proposal Guidelines, The Urban Institute (07588-000-00), March 2004.
“Intergovernmental Finance” in Assessment of Intergovernmental Relations and Local Governance in the Republic of Uzbekistan, The Urban Institute, February 2004.
http://www.urban.org/publications/411152.html
Assessing and Starting a Local Economic Development Initiative: A Primer for USAID Field Staff, http://www.makingcitieswork.org/www/files/docs/LED/LED_Primer.doc, with Nathaniel Bowditch, December 2003.
“Final Report and Recommendations for Future Training: Urban Sectoral Training for USAID Staff,” with Kathy Alison, UI project number: 06967-009-00, November 2003. http://www.urban.org/publications/411079.html
Assessment of Intergovernmental Relations and Local Governance in the Republic of Tajikistan, with M.B. Davis et al., The Urban Institute, March 2003.
“Ensuring Access to Essential Services: Demand-side Housing Subsidies,” in Social Safety Nets Primer Series, with Harold Katsura. World Bank, 2003. http://www1.worldbank.org/sp/safetynets/Primer.asp quoted in The Right to Adequate Housing, a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (10 August 2012).
“In-Service Training in Public Policy for Russian Local Government Civil Servants and Advacacy NGO Staff: The Policy Fellows Program.” With Struyk, Morse, Pinegina. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Report to USAID, 2002.
Lessons from the Community Outreach Partnership Center Program with Avis Vidal, Nancy Nye, Christopher Walker, Carlos Manjarrez for U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development, 2002.
“Transition Policy Network: A Regional Network of Independent Think Tanks” in Transition, September 2002.
Six Urban Issue Briefs for the website for the USAID Office of Urban Program: “Financing Capital Improvements;” “Service Delivery, Budgeting and Financial Management;” “Urban Environmental Management;” “Disaster Mitigation;” “Reconstruction;” “Youth at Risk.” Making Cities Work website (www.makingcitieswork.org) for USAID’s Office of Urban Programs, September 2002.
Moldova Local Government Reform Project, Mid-term Progress Report, February 2000 to July 2002. The Urban Institute, August 2002.
Grant Transfers and Financial Supervision in Romania: A Focus on Major Reforms Introduced by the Law on Local Public Finance, with F. Conway. March 2002. NISPAcee 10th Annual Conference, Krakow, Poland. http://www.nispa.sk/news/program2002.html
Romania Local Public Expenditure Final Report, with F. Conway, et.al., Prepared for the World Bank. UI Project Number 07147-000-00. July 2001.
“Russia’s Housing Stock,” Presentation for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State and the National Intelligence Council, February 2000.
Russian Federation: Affordability of Cost Recovery in Housing and Communal Services, with Margaret Wilson, Lev Freinkman and Eugen Finkel. Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank, 2000.
Winners and Losers: The Impact of Reform of Intergovernmental Transfers in Romania, with Pena Coman, Daniel Daianu and Hernando Garzon, October 1999. http://www.urban.org/publications/411081.html
“Principles of a Stable Transfer System and Examples from Transitional Countries of What Works and Does Not Work,” Presentation made to central and local government officials at the Workshop on Local Government and Central Transfers in Romania, August 1999.
“Transfers of Near Cash: Housing and Utilities in Russia,” Case Study Presentation for the World Bank Seminar, Household Risks and Safety Nets, May 1999.
“Preparing a Financial Strategy,” with Francis Conway, The Urban Institute, December 1998.
“Land and Real Estate Indicators: A Tool for Assessing and Improving a City’s Creditworthiness” (Russia), The Urban Institute, November 1998.
“Model Performance Agreement Between a Municipality and Its Water Utility (Romania),” with R. Rizoiu, S. Caian, The Urban Institute, October, 1998.
“Analysis of Affordability of Cost Recovery: Communal and Network Energy Services in Russia,” The Urban Institute, September 1998. http://www.urban.org/publications/411085.html
“Czech Republic: Analysis of Financial Performance Indicators,” with F. Conway and Z. Matouskova. The Urban Institute, October 1997.
“Analysis of Financial Performance Indicators: Lessons Learned from Analysis of the Znojmo Data Set.” Speech presented to municipal officials at the Conference on Financial Management and Development of Municipalities in the Czech Republic, September 1997.
“Current Municipal Practices of Czech Cities for Planning and Financing Investments in Infrastructure” The Urban Institute, April 1997.
“Financial Profiles of Eight Romanian Local Authorities.” with Conway, Ionescu, and others. The Urban Institute, March 1997.
“Technical Cooperation: What Is Success?” and “Overview of U.S. Assistance Programs in the Former Soviet Bloc” in Making Aid Work. The Urban Institute Press, Washington, DC: 1997.
Functional Specifications for the Municipal Credit Model. The Urban Institute, December 1996.
“Resolving the Issue of Water Resource Management in Albania,” with Martha Beauchamp. The Urban Institute, October 1996.
Dynamics of Housing Privatization in Moscow with Raymond J. Struyk. EMERGO, Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, Summer 1996, Vol 3, No. 3, pp. 20-36.
“Programma Zhilishchnykh Subsidii: Neispolzovanniye Rezervi” (The Housing Allowances Program: Unused Reserves), with Raymond J. Struyk, Ekonomika I Zhizn (Economics and Life), No. 33, August 1996.
“Hedonic Models for Predicting Unit Values for the Moscow Longitudinal Household Survey (1992-1995),” The Urban Institute, May 1996.
“Housing Demand Among Panama’s Middle- and Low-Income Population,” with Harold M. Katsura, The Urban Institute, March 1996. http://www.urban.org/publications/411086.html
“The Moscow Longitudinal Household Survey: Description of the Sample,” with Lisa Lee. The Urban Institute, February 1996.
“Assisting Demobilized Russian Officers Obtain Housing: The Housing Certificate Option,” with Raymond J. Struyk, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, July 1995.
“Housing Affordability in Russia,” The Urban Institute, July 1995.
“Evaluation of the Housing Certificate Option for Assisting Retired Russian Officers Obtain Housing,” with Raymond J. Struyk, The Urban Institute, June 1995.
“The American Experience in Housing Codes and Inspection.” Speech presented to Russian directors of regional housing inspectorates, Spring 1995.
“Residential Mobility in Selected Russian Cities: An Assessment of Survey Results,” with Raymond J. Struyk, Post-Soviet Geography, 1995, Vol. 36, No.1, pp. 58-66.
“A Comparison of the Condition of Russia’s Municipal and Departmental Housing Stock,” with Raymond J. Struyk, The Urban Institute, October 1994.
“Environmental Degradation and its Impact on Human Health: A Case Study of the Aral Sea Basin,” Journal of Public and International Affairs, Spring 1994.