Challenging themes such as the role of local government in development, vulnerability governance, why gender matters to local democracy, the shadows of urbanization were discussed at the conference which aimed to bridge the gap between research and practice and between academics and policy-makers.
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Local Government in a new Development Agenda
Annika Björkdahl and Håkan Magnusson participated in the conference “The Future of Local Government in a new Development Agenda” hosted by “International Centre for Local Democracy”. The conference took place in Visby, May 22-24.