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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 […]

Middle East & North Africa

Istanbul Elections Suggest Cracks In Support For Ruling Party

June 23, 2019 LPS Initiative

One important aspect of a decentralization is that it expands the space for political competition beyond the national stage, and provides an opportunity for opposition candidates to prove their worth to the electorate—for instance, as […]

Asia

State and Region Governments in Myanmar

November 12, 2018 LPS Initiative

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 […]

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An analysis of county-level governance in the Commonwealth of Virginia

April 26, 2018 Jamie Boex

Three famous Virginians— James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Mason—were leading voices in the drafting of the United States Constitution which made federalism and self-governance cornerstones of American democracy. Although their writings have inspired and […]

Regions & Countries

How democratic are local governments in the United States?

March 27, 2018 Jamie Boex

Although Americans are more sharply divided along political lines than ever, most Americans agree on the bedrock principles of the American federal system, including the distribution of powers and responsibilities between federal, state and local […]

Fiscal Decentralization

When Are Federations More Unequal?

February 3, 2016 LPS Initiative

Why do some countries redistribute more to poorer regions than others? This paper explores which factors explain variation in the degree of interregional redistribution among countries between 1983 and 2010. The main argument is that […]

Political decentralization

Considering Local Democratic Transition in Latin America

February 1, 2016 LPS Initiative

Drawing from well-known theories of democracy and democratic transition, this study considers the transition to local democracy in Latin America. It raises a central question: Given the landmark decentralization of the past three decades, what constitutes […]

Asia

Pakistan: Province and Providence

January 5, 2016 LPS Initiative

Each province is working in a silo with the result that conflicts and the blame game have marred the mid-term working of the respective governments. The end of 2015 also signifies the end of the […]

Africa

It’s time for Africa

November 29, 2015 LPS Initiative

The famous song performed by Shakira at the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was just translating the new appetite for Africa that is rising up in the mindset of many […]

Europe & Central Asia

As Ukraine Moves Toward Decentralization, Challenges Loom

November 3, 2015 LPS Initiative

On Sunday, October 25, Ukrainians went to the polls to elect mayors and representatives to municipal councils. Under normal circumstances, local elections would go more or less unnoticed by international observers, but with no elections […]

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