
Mrs Virginia Makanza
Position: Coordinator
Department:
Centre for Public Policy and Devolution
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Qualifications:
- MA International Development Studies, Bradford, UK;
- Bachelor of Administration, University of Rhodesia;
- Certificate in Planning and Appraisal of Rural Development Projects, Development and Project Planning Centre, UK,
- Certificate in Planning with Women for Development, University College of London, UK;
- Certificate in Computers in Development Planning, University College of London, UK;
- Certificate in Training of Trainers, Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, UK
Research Interests:
- Service delivery,
- citizen and community participation,
- sustainable livelihoods,
- capacity development,
- decentralisation,
- local economic development,
- local government finance
Publications:
- Evaluation of the Binga Water Supply and Sanitation Project(1992) Save the Children Fund UK, Harare
- Evaluation of Community Participation in the Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Kwekwe and Zvishavane Districts in the Midlands Province (1993). Institute of Water and Sanitation Development, Harare
- Social Policy in an Economy under Stress: the Case of Zimbabwe, SAPES Trust (2001)
- Service Delivery in Local Authorities: The Case of Vungu RDC (Journal of Local Government Management, 2006)
- Participatory Approaches to Urban Development: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Gweru City Council (Namibian Journal of Development, 2009)
- Local Governments in Southern Africa. An Analytical Study of Decentralisation, Financing, Service Delivery and Capacities (UNDP,UNCDF, CLGF) published by UNDP, 2012)
- Special Interest Councillors in Zimbabwean Local Authorities: challenges and opportunities (Global Journal Of Social Sciences, Vol 11, No1 (2012)
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