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    Opinion: How intent for locally led development will turn into practice

    Predictions for locally led development in 2024: The emphasis on the local ecosystem will continue, along with the democratization of funding mechanisms and majority world solidarity.

    By Gunjan Veda // 04 December 2023

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    2023 has been the year of the three Cs — climate, crisis, and community — and a growing realization that we cannot tackle these crises without community leadership. This recognition of the centrality of the community and the local ecosystem was strengthened in 2021 when USAID Administrator Samantha Power committed to providing 25% of USAID funds directly to local organizations and 50% to programs that put communities in the driver’s seat.

    Since then we have seen a reinforcement of this intent toward locally led development, or LLD, not just through events and conferences, but through the Donor Statement on Locally Led Development with 20 bilateral government agencies and 15 major foundations as signatories.

    Yet, as the U.S. presidential elections loom ahead in 2024, the fate of locally led development seems to hang in balance. If 2023 was the year when the world stated its intent to localize, 2024 will be the year it translates this intent into practice, or not.

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      Gunjan Veda is director of collaborative research, policy, and practice and executive director — designate — with the Movement for Community-Led Development, a global consortium of over 2,000 local and community-based organizations and 30+ INGO allies. Her work includes creating collaborative and mutual partnerships, interrogating structural violence in existing systems, and forms of knowledge production and publication. Prior to joining MCLD, Gunjan worked extensively on a range of development issues with the nonprofit and government sectors in India, including with the Indian government’s planning commission.

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