September 2021 – Decentralization Net

Mobilizing Capital for Local Development Funds

September 28, 2021 Amadou Sy

The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has been at the forefront of developing and piloting innovative approaches to financing local service delivery over the past decades. Mobilizing capital for local development funds: A longitudinal case […]

What does a decentralized health service delivery model require to succeed?

September 27, 2021 LPS Alliance

Delivery of health services is often under-funded. This is not unique to poor countries — from the UK’s travails with the NHS to India’s under-resourced health sector, examples abound of the detrimental impact that an […]

UN-Habitat’s Handbook For City Managers

September 25, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Urban governance is identified by UN-Habitat as a fundamental factor in the implementation and fulfillment of the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Intended to help city managers and other stakeholders achieve these goals, […]

Open Planning Meeting: Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa

September 23, 2021 LPS Alliance

Effective decentralization and localization—including local governance systems that empower and encourage local leaders to promote inclusion and equity—form an important precondition for resilient, inclusive, sustainable, equitable and efficient development. With this understanding in mind, the […]

World Bank: Local Governments Step Up to Support the Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 in Nepal

September 23, 2021 LPS Alliance

Meghiya Musahar, 45, from Kawasoti Municipality in Nepal’s Gandaki Province used to work as a daily wage earner at different temporary jobs, including construction work. Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit Nepal in March 2020, […]

UCLG: Towards the Localization of the SDGs

September 19, 2021 LPS Initiative

The fifth report of local and regional governments (LRGs) to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), Towards the Localization of the SDGs, provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of LRGs’ efforts to respond to the […]

Improving Subnational Mobilization of Resources

September 19, 2021 LPS Initiative

Improving subnational resource mobilization – or the process by which subnational governments raise and spend funds on behalf of their constituents – is critical to ensuring sustainable progress towards development goals. In many places, reforms […]

Electoral Accountability and Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Peru

September 19, 2021 LPS Alliance

Accountability is at the heart of the democratic enterprise. One commonly touted benefit of decentralization is that it promotes this accountability by allowing sub-national governments to target fiscal policy more precisely to the varying preferences […]

Reflections from Citizen-led Assessments on Responsive Local Governance

September 12, 2021 LPS Alliance

Rajib Timalsina – August 2021 Across the world, large proportions of children are not acquiring foundational reading and numeracy skills, even after spending several years in school. Despite its increasing visibility, this enormous global problem […]

Announcing the winners of the Outstanding Decentralization Paper Awards for the Asia Region (2021/22)

September 12, 2021 LPS Alliance

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