Name: Subnational Finance Thematic Working Group Meeting – May 2026
Start: 2026-05-27T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-27T10:30:00-04:00
Location: Virtual Event (Online)

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[ May 3, 2026 ] Multilevel Governance and Gender Localization
[ April 24, 2026 ] India’s fiscal equalization system: balancing equity and efficiency Asia
[ April 19, 2026 ] Does federalism strengthen democratic participation? Decentralization
[ April 10, 2026 ] Decentralized responsibilities without decentralized resources? Decentralization
[ April 10, 2026 ] Expanding property taxation in customary areas in Africa Africa

Localization

Multilevel Governance and Gender

Download the Policy Brief (PDF) Decentralization and multilevel governance are widely promoted as pathways toward more inclusive, responsive, and accountable public sectors. By bringing decision-making [...]
Asia

India’s fiscal equalization system: balancing equity and efficiency

Few countries embody the promise—and complexity—of multilevel governance as vividly as India. With a federal structure spanning more than 1.5 billion people, India’s intergovernmental fiscal [...]
Decentralization

Does federalism strengthen democratic participation?

A longstanding assumption in the study of decentralization and multilevel governance is that federal systems are inherently more democratic. The logic is intuitive: by constitutionally [...]
Decentralization

Decentralized responsibilities without decentralized resources?

The role of local governments in European public service delivery has expanded significantly over the past two decades. Across the European Union, municipalities have become [...]
Africa

Expanding property taxation in customary areas in Africa

Property taxation is widely recognized as a cornerstone of subnational finance and a key enabler of effective decentralization worldwide. It has recently gained increased attention [...]

Multilevel Governance and Gender

Does federalism strengthen democratic participation?

Decentralized responsibilities without decentralized resources?

Expanding property taxation in customary areas in Africa

Upcoming Events

Training of Trainers Course

Local Democracy Thematic Working Group Meeting – May 2026

Subnational Finance Thematic Working Group Meeting – May 2026

Research and Analysis

Localizing Development

LPSA Policy Brief: Decentralization and Local Governance in a Gendered World
Multilevel Governance and Gender

LPSA Policy Brief: Decentralization and Local Governance in a Gendered World

Community of Practice

Decentralization under pressure: lessons from Germany’s long-term support in Africa

Decentralization and localization news from around the world

Expanding property taxation in customary areas in Africa

Decentralization under pressure: lessons from Germany’s long-term support in Africa

An inflection point in South Africa’s local government reform?

How India’s Sixteenth Finance Commission chose stability over disruption

What works better: elected leaders or appointed bureaucrats?

Multi-Level Governance in the Western Balkans

Horizontal intergovernmental coordination at local and regional levels

Does the amalgamation of local governments really improve service delivery, fiscal capacity and citizen choice?

Nearby solutions: The role of regional and local governments in Latin America

Territorial development and decentralization in Latin America and the Caribbean

Territorial income differences and dynamics within Latin American countries

From decentralization to recentralization in Turkey

Syria’s new leaders reject demands for federalism and regional autonomy

Decentralization, local governance, and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

Decentralized responsibilities without decentralized resources?

Conditional grants and the hidden politics of fiscal decentralization

Democratic renewal begins locally

Financing green futures: Eco-fiscal tools in Canadian cities

LPSA Updates

LPSA convenes in New York to shape its strategic direction

Leadership transition at the Local Public Sector Alliance

LPSA is looking for Regional Working Group Coordinator (MENA Region)

LPSA Working Group Meetings and Knowledge Sharing 2026

Progress, tensions, and the road ahead

LPSA Policy Brief: Decentralization and Local Governance in a Gendered World

Decentralization and localization news from around the world