The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) is a department of the Government of Namibia.
[2] In 2000 it was renamed Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (MRLGHRD), and it got its current[update] name in 2015.
The Local Economic Development Agency (LEDA) is an agency that came into being with the launch of the Namibian Local Economic Development White Paper in July 2011.
It has since hosted an annual conference for LED practitioners at Local Authorities and Regional Councils throughout Namibia.
The agency supports the decentralised Namibian government authorities in creating enabling business environments.