Name: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Working Group Meeting – February 2026
Start: 2026-02-17T07:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-17T08:30:00-05:00
Location: Virtual Event (Online)

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[ January 31, 2026 ] Devolved health services in Kenya: Access, efficiency, and the unfinished business of devolution Africa
[ January 27, 2026 ] Introducing LPSA’s Monday Minute Community
[ January 26, 2026 ] Can federalism constrain authoritarianism? Decentralization
[ January 19, 2026 ] How intergovernmental fiscal transfers shape local democracy Decentralization
[ January 16, 2026 ] Why people-centered smart cities matter for decentralization Cities and urban development

Africa

Devolved health services in Kenya: Access, efficiency, and the unfinished business of devolution

Download the Policy Brief (PDF) Over the past decade, Kenya’s devolution reform has fundamentally reshaped the country’s public sector by transferring responsibility for a wide [...]
Community

Introducing LPSA’s Monday Minute

Decentralization and local governance shape how countries deliver services, manage public resources, and build social and economic resilience. Yet despite their central importance, debates in [...]
Decentralization

Can federalism constrain authoritarianism?

Across the globe, democratic backsliding increasingly originates not from military coups or constitutional breakdowns, but from elected executives who concentrate power from within the system. [...]
Decentralization

How intergovernmental fiscal transfers shape local democracy

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers are among the most powerful, and least visible, instruments in multilevel governance systems. They shape how resources flow across levels of government, [...]
Cities and urban development

Why people-centered smart cities matter for decentralization

Around the world, cities are embracing digital technologies to improve mobility, service delivery, urban planning, and citizen engagement. Yet many “smart city” initiatives place technology [...]