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Month: October 2015

East Lampung Regent's Office, located in Sukadana, Indonesia (Credit: Crisco 1492)
Asia

Study: Decentralization Effort in Indonesia Shows Need for Performance Incentives from Central Government

October 29, 2015 LPS Initiative

Performance-based Public Management Reforms: Experience and Emerging Lessons From Service Delivery Improvement in Indonesia, a case study by RTI International, examines service delivery pathways in Indonesia 15 years after President Suharto was swept from power […]

Asia

Decentralization and Role of School Development Committees in Public Schools in Sri Lanka

October 29, 2015 LPS Initiative

In this paper, Chandana Arachchi discusses the nature of the implementation of School Development Committees (SDC) in the government school sector in Sri Lanka. The Programme of School Improvement (PSI) is being implemented in Sri Lanka since […]

Decentralization

State and Local Governments: Why They Matter and How to Finance Them

October 26, 2015 LPS Initiative

  State and local government fiscal systems have increasingly become vulnerable to economic changes. Over the past three decades, state and local deficits during economic recession have been larger and deeper each time. The impact […]

Decentralization

The SDGs: What Local Governments Need to Know

October 17, 2015 LPS Alliance

On 25 September 2015, the Member States of the United Nations agreed on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals, the global agenda […]

Fiscal Decentralization

Public financial management in decentralized and decentralizing environments

October 14, 2015 LPS Alliance

Public financial management (PFM)—-the science and art of budgeting, spending, and accounting for public funds—-is among the most fundamental elements of public sector reform. PFM not only helps to ensure that there are clear rules […]

Decentralization

A Comparative Overview of Local Governance Systems

October 4, 2015 LPS Alliance

The mission of the Local Public Sector Initiative is to advance the global development community’s understanding of the role of the local public sector in achieving inclusive and sustainable development. In line with this mission, […]

Africa

President announces increase from 10 to 28 States in South Sudan

October 2, 2015 LPS Alliance

On October 2, 2015, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced that he would decree the division of South Sudan’s constitutionally established ten states into 28 states. The move was supported by Minister of Information and Broadcasting […]

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