LPSAManager, Author at Decentralization Net

Subnational Government Climate Expenditure and Revenue Tracking in OECD and EU Countries

July 18, 2022 LPSAManager

Accounting for almost 60% of public investment and 40% of public expenditure in OECD countries, regional and local governments, who have jurisdiction over key policy areas relevant to the green transition such as land-use planning, […]

Africa’s smaller cities are usually overlooked: they shouldn’t be

July 17, 2022 LPSAManager

Often when one thinks or writes about urbanization in Africa, mega-cities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kampala, come to mind. Little, however, is written about places like Gabés in Tunisia, Touba-Mbacké […]

Local Government Finance is Development Finance

July 6, 2022 LPSAManager

The Local Transformative Finance team at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) recently released a book titled Local Government Finance is Development Finance. This book highlights the partnership, policy and investment agenda of UNCDF in […]

Empowering local governments? Lessons learned from Haiti

June 27, 2022 LPSAManager

The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and the political crisis that followed, have, understandably, attracted a lot of media attention. But for most Haitians, the dramatic developments in the capital city have less bearing on […]

Local Autonomy in the European Union

June 25, 2022 LPSAManager

Local autonomy is a highly valued feature of good governance. The continuous attempts of many countries to strengthen the autonomy of local government shows the importance given to decentralization and reinforcing competences at the lowest […]

Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries

May 22, 2022 LPSAManager

Decentralization, effective intergovernmental relations and good subnational governance are pursued by countries around the world. However, nearly two-thirds of the world’s population–over 5 billion people–live in the fifteen largest, most populous countries in the world. […]

The Dynamics of Decentralization in the MENA: Processes, Outcomes, and Obstacles

May 10, 2022 LPSAManager

In March 2020, the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg brought together decentralization scholars from around the MENA region. The discussions focused around the design of decentralization reforms, obstacles, progress […]

LPSA Launches Decentralization Primer

April 26, 2022 LPSAManager

One of the primary goals of the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) is to enhance the understanding of decentralization and localization as complex, cross-cutting and multi-stakeholder reforms. In line with this mission, LPSA is excited […]

2022 Subnational Government GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) Survey

April 24, 2022 LPSAManager

Governments have been using technology to modernize the public sector for decades. The World Bank Group (WBG) launched the GovTech Initiative in 2019 to support the latest generation of these reforms. GovTech is a whole-of-government approach to […]

Announcing LPSA’s Inaugural Board of Directors

April 21, 2022 LPSAManager

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) seeks to promote inclusive, equitable societies and sustainable global development by enhancing the understanding of decentralization and localization as complex, cross-cutting and multi-stakeholder reforms. In pursuit of this mission, […]