Subject(s): State of local democracy in south Asia, managing change for improving service delivery, local governance development fund project of sirajganj in Bangladesh -- Scope and description : Participation in local governance, participatory poverty reduction in Malappuram in Kerala -- Accountability : Sri Lanka- community contracts system, solid waste management in Bangladesh -- Transparency : Planning challenge prompts participatory interventions- Chattisgarh -- City district government Karachi in Pakistan : Citizen complaint information system -- Inclusiveness : Gender and women development- case study of kaliyaganj municipality in west Bengal -- Resource mobilization and allocation, municipal finance in India