This 2009 edition of the Commonwealth Local Government Handbook is a complete reference book to local government in the Commonwealth. Updated and revised, it details the systems of local government in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth, looking at how local government is structured, how elections take place, what services local government is responsible for, how local government is financed and what reforms are envisaged. The profiles are in a format that allows easy country-to-country comparison. The 2009 Handbook includes a preface from CLGF Chairperson Basil Morrison, and Foreword from Rt Hon Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas. Published by Publications UK Ltd on behalf of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.