One of the most profound changes that have taken place in Latin America in recent decades is local democratic governance, driven largely by decentralization processes, and also by democratic ideals to open new spaces for […]
Decentralization is a loaded term. It is often mischaracterized as the solution, as opposed to a complex and dynamic multivariate element within the landscape of the social contract. Permutations can be either liberating or deleterious, […]
Kerala is one of the few states in India considered to have taken serious efforts in transferring powers to Local Self Government (LSG) institutions for strengthening the decentralization process. The high rate of urbanization in […]
In September 2013, The Asia Foundation published its first report on Myanmar, State and Region Governments in Myanmar. The report provoked a great deal of interest in subnational governance from government, civil society, donors, and […]
Decentralized economic development initiatives empowering local governments have gained currency in both developed and developing contexts. The empowerment of county governments in China is a case in point. This study uses difference-in-differences (DID) and the […]
Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has taken several steps to devolve power from the highly centralized structures run by the Ben Ali family to the new, democratic central government and then from the executive to […]
Intergovernmental fiscal institutions are the overarching framework for relations across government levels. They comprise the constitutional set up of a country; the division of power between government levels; the prevalence of fiscal rules across government […]
Ukraine’s parliament rejected an important bill on government decentralization on Dec. 6, and reform-minded lawmakers then had to scramble to remove another bill on the issue from the agenda to stop it being rejected too. […]
The end of the armed conflict is the opportunity to re-route the complementary agendas of decentralisation and citizen participation so as to contribute to building a stable and lasting peace. On 24 August, after nearly […]
As the battle of Mosul looms, it may be wise to place on the back burner the debate on regional formation initiatives. The decentralisation of security, spending and administrative power is regularly cited as a […]
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