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Why we need new research on inter-governmental fiscal arrangements and service delivery?

April 21, 2021 LPS Initiative

Getting the most out of public spending is a challenge that ministries of finance, education and health grapple with daily. Much of this relates to sector-specific policies such as what health services should be delivered. […]

Decentralization

Decentralization and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern Europe

April 11, 2021 LPS Initiative

Decentralization (or devolution) has potential advantages and disadvantages: while (fiscal) decentralization may strengthen the allocative and technical efficiency of the local public sector (as well as potentially strengthen responsiveness and accountability), the design of intergovernmental […]

Decentralization

Understanding subnational decision-making power and spending autonomy

April 1, 2021 LPS Initiative

Countries differ with respect to the functions or competencies assigned to subnational governments, and with respect to the share of public spending being done by subnational governments. In addition, however, countries may differ with respect […]

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Unpacking Community-led Development

March 12, 2021 LPS Initiative

Community-led Development (CLD) is not a new idea. Even before the pandemic demonstrated why the world needs CLD, terms like localization, community-driven development and locally-led development had begun to gain traction in the development discourse. […]

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Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism

March 11, 2021 LPS Initiative

A book by Charles R. Hankla, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez Scholars and practitioners have long hailed fiscal federalism as a critical tool for improving government services, but it has not always lived […]

Asia

India’s Fifteenth Finance Commission releases its recommendations for 2021/22 to 2025/26

March 5, 2021 LPS Initiative

An important institutional feature of India’s system of intergovernmental fiscal relations is the role of Finance Commission. As per the Constitution, a Finance Commission is constituted by the President every five years to guide the […]

Asia

Operationalizing women’s empowerment in development

January 23, 2021 LPS Initiative

One criticism of how women’s empowerment is operationalized in development interventions is the lack of consideration of its context specificity. A recent quantitative study investigates how women participants in development projects in Laos, Myanmar and […]

Asia

Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh

January 3, 2021 LPS Initiative

Delivering public services to the satisfaction of the citizen is an important challenge confronted by democratic governments everywhere in the modern world. Unlike authoritarian rulers who may conveniently ignore public opinion, democratic governments can do […]

Africa

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 […]

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