October 2020 – Decentralization Net

Five things you need to know about cities

October 31, 2020 LPS Alliance

The UN General Assembly designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. The day is expected to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries […]

PEFA: Revised guidance for subnational PEFA assessments to be piloted

October 20, 2020 LPS Alliance

The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) program was initiated in 2001 by seven international development partners to harmonize the assessment of public financial management (PFM) systems across the partner organizations. Since 2001, the PEFA […]

Localizing SDGs: Early Lessons from India

October 20, 2020 LPS Alliance

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute a framework which calls attention to the challenges to a sustainable future and organizes nations’ response around the world. India, home to one-sixth of all humanity, is cognizant of […]

Mobilizing resources for Ethiopia’s health sector

October 10, 2020 LPS Alliance

Ethiopia—as one of the most donor-dependent countries in the world—has made good progress with respect to some of the health indicators and was one of the early achievers of the health Millennium Development Goals targets. […]

How relevant are state and local governments in the United States?

October 1, 2020 LPS Alliance

Even though decentralization reforms are something commonly associated with developing and transition countries, even industrialized countries with a long tradition of democratic practice must from time to time assess their intergovernmental relations and local governance […]