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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 […]

Africa

Central-local government relations in property tax administration in Tanzania

December 12, 2020 LPS Initiative

There has been considerable emphasis in the property tax literature on principles for what taxes should be assigned either to the central government or to lower levels of government. In contrast, intergovernmental cooperation in revenue […]

Argentina

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

November 2, 2020 LPS Initiative

In a multi-level government system, the assignment of roles and responsibilities and institutional legacies between the federal and the subnational governments often create imbalances. A common challenges is a primary vertical fiscal imbalance, which is […]

Africa

Mobilizing resources for Ethiopia’s health sector

October 10, 2020 LPS Initiative

Ethiopia—as one of the most donor-dependent countries in the world—has made good progress with respect to some of the health indicators and was one of the early achievers of the health Millennium Development Goals targets. […]

Africa

Local Elections, State Capture, and Development in Nigeria

February 14, 2020 LPS Initiative

Local government councils elections in Nigeria are supposed to be held regularly in the 774 local government areas of Nigeria stipulated by the 1999 constitution. However, they are under the organisational lead of the state […]

Africa

Local Government Reform in Zambia

September 8, 2019 LPS Initiative

The decentralization reform process in Zambia has raised citizen expectations towards their participation in local democracy and development. However, a sense of mistrust has arisen among most citizens about the performance of the local governments […]

Africa

Decentralization and levels of corruption in Africa

April 11, 2019 LPS Initiative

Decentralization has gained prominence in Africa in recent years. In various jurisdictions, its success or failures have however been associated with instances of corruption to varied scales. This paper therefore discusses the extent to which […]

Africa

Lessons for Effective Fiscal Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa

July 7, 2018 LPS Initiative

Fiscal decentralization is becoming a pressing issue in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting demands for a greater local voice in spending decisions and efforts to strengthen social cohesion. Against this backdrop, this […]

Africa

South Africa: Treasury Launches Open Local Government Financial Data Portal – ‘Municipal Money’

November 7, 2016 LPS Initiative

PRESS RELEASE National Treasury is proud to launch “Municipal Money“, an open local government budget data portal which provides citizens and other stakeholders with access to comparable, verified information on the financial performance of each […]

Africa

How Kampala is building a culture of taxpaying

October 26, 2016 LPS Initiative

KAMPALA, Uganda — Standing in front of a van packed with passengers and luggage on the roof rack, taxi driver Abu Mugisha is glued to his smartphone — paying his taxes. Scrolling down a list […]

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