World Bank – Decentralization Net

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[ January 21, 2021 ] Municipal Atlas of the SDGs in Bolivia Bolivia
[ January 16, 2021 ] Urban Governance: Resilient and Smart Cities (2021) Events
[ January 13, 2021 ] Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance (2021) Events
[ January 3, 2021 ] Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh Asia
[ December 27, 2020 ] USAID: Placing decentralization at the service of the people in Peru Latin America & Caribbean

Somalia: Moving the Federalism Agenda Forward

December 12, 2020 LPS Initiative

Somalia is emerging from decades of conflict, with the signing of the Provisional Constitution in 2012 paving the way toward a political settlement. Whereas the Provisional Constitution defines the boundaries of Somalia based on the […]

World Bank Property Tax Diagnostic Manual

November 21, 2020 LPS Initiative

The recurrent, annual property tax has tremendous potential for mobilizing own-source revenues, primarily for local governments. The property tax generates about 0.3–0.6 percent of GDP for low- and middle-income countries, 1.1 percent in higher-income (OECD) […]