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Month: June 2021

Brazil

Do Brazilian mayors use empirical research to make policy choices?

June 30, 2021 LPS Initiative

Decentralization can allow the public sector to be more inclusive and responsive, but only when local leaders make well-informed policy choices. This begs the question: what role can policy-effectiveness research play in spurring the spread […]

Decentralization

An Intergovernmental Perspective on Managing Public Finances for Service Delivery

June 28, 2021 LPS Alliance

Improving service delivery is a major concern in global development agendas, but exactly how best to manage public resources to support better and more inclusive public service delivery in developing countries eludes clear guidance. Key […]

Africa

Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 27, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities (SARAs) are, according to the African Tax Administration Forum, “semi‐independent administrative bodies outside the traditional government hierarchy in which all revenue administration is consolidated into one administrative entity.” Unlike traditional central government […]

Climate action

Report launch: The State of Cities Climate Finance

June 23, 2021 LPS Alliance

Cities and urban systems must be at the forefront of climate action. 70% of cities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change. Further, cities are accountable for 70% of global CO2 […]

Community

Elevating the Decentralization Debate: LPSA Outstanding Paper Awards 2021-22

June 22, 2021 LPS Alliance

As part of its ongoing effort to promote high-quality, policy-relevant research on issues related to decentralization and local development around the world, the Local Public Sector Alliance is offering a number of awards for outstanding […]

Community

Launching the Local Public Sector Alliance

June 16, 2021 LPS Alliance

As cross-cutting public sector reforms, decentralization and local development are increasingly at risk of being overlooked in a fragmented and stove-piped world. As such, the Local Public Sector Alliance –with Decentralization.Net as its online platform–aims […]

Community

Different perspectives on decentralization and localization in a stove-piped world

June 15, 2021 Jamie Boex

The study of decentralization and localization deals with how multi-level government systems work. The goal of most policy practitioner or researchers, however, is often not to study decentralization or localization for the sake of understanding […]

Decentralization

Remembering Richard Bird (1938-2021)

June 14, 2021 LPS Alliance

With the passing of Richard Bird last week, the world of public finance scholarship lost one of its giants.  A prolific researcher, his writings on public finance in low and middle income countries surely reached […]

Community

Virtual Knowledge Exchange: Fiscal and Financial Resilience for Subnational Governments

June 10, 2021 LPS Alliance

Live country case studies. This virtual knowledge exchange will introduce you to the different roles and responsibilities of national and subnational governments, particularly when responding to natural disasters and how to strengthen subnational governments’ risk […]

Events

Decentralization and Local Development in Latin America & the Caribbean

June 7, 2021 LPS Alliance

Decentralization and Local Development in Latin America & the Caribbean – Knowledge Sharing, July 27-28, 2022 Program sessions included: The outlook of decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations in Latin America and the Caribbean. (Wednesday, July […]

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