Local governments are well-positioned to play an important role in inclusive governance and sustainable, localized development in countries around the world. Although legislation often assigns [...]
The African School of Decentralization, the LPSA Sub-Saharan Africa Working Group, the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism [...]
LPSA’s Regional and Thematic Working Groups consist of practitioners and scholars who bring together skills and expertise in a specific global region or thematic area [...]
The competitiveness of cities—and ultimately, the economic competitiveness of countries—depends on cities being able to attract and retain highly productive industries and highly productive workers. [...]
The ninth edition of the NALAS fiscal decentralization report comprehensively examines the development of local finance in South-East Europe (SEE) from 2006 to 2021. It [...]
The competitiveness of cities—and ultimately, the economic competitiveness of countries—depends on cities being able to attract and retain highly productive industries and highly productive workers. In turn, ensuring the quality of life in cities and [...]
Municipalities in the Netherlands are urgently asking for money from the central government to keep the infrastructure up to standard. Overall, 80 percent of all bridges, locks, viaducts and roads in the country are managed [...]
Local governments are well-positioned to play an important role in inclusive governance and sustainable, localized development in countries around the world. Although legislation often assigns important functional responsibilities to subnational governments, it is much less [...]