LPS Alliance, Author at Decentralization Net

Gen Z protests and the case for inclusive and effective multilevel governance

December 4, 2025 LPS Alliance

Over the past several years, countries across different parts of the world—including Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America—have experienced a surge of youth-led protest movements often referred to as “Gen Z […]

LPSA is looking for Regional Working Group Coordinator (MENA Region)

December 3, 2025 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) is a global professional network that 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 […]

Local governments as engines of citizen engagement in Africa

December 1, 2025 LPS Alliance

Afrobarometer’s African Insights 2025 report offers a rich and timely window into how citizens across the continent are engaging in public life, making demands on their leaders, and asserting democratic voice. While the report covers […]

Decentralization and its financing in Togo

November 21, 2025 LPS Alliance

Togo’s decentralization journey has been long, uneven, and politically complex. Yet in recent years—especially since the landmark municipal elections of 2019 and the regional elections of 2024—the country has taken meaningful steps toward establishing a […]

Territorial development and decentralization in Latin America and the Caribbean

November 13, 2025 LPS Alliance

The newly published study by the TALD Facility, Territorial Development and Decentralization in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Study Across 22 Countries (2025), offers a timely, finely-grained examination of decentralization dynamics in the […]

The future of decentralization and multilevel governance in a rapidly changing context

November 3, 2025 LPS Alliance

The seismic shift that is underway in the global development funding landscape should be a wake-up call to leaders in the Global North and South alike. As support from the international community is waning or […]

Horizontal intergovernmental coordination at local and regional levels

October 24, 2025 LPS Alliance

A newly released volume, Horizontal Intergovernmental Coordination at Local and Regional Levels: Evidence from Europe and Beyond, addresses a critical yet underexplored dimension of multilevel governance: the mechanisms and conditions that enable horizontal coordination among […]

Decentralized Governance and Climate Change

October 7, 2025 LPS Alliance

A new book sheds light on one of today’s most pressing global challenges: Decentralized Governance and Climate Change, edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Paul Smoke, and Serdar Yilmaz, examines the intersection between decentralization and climate policy, […]

Territorial income differences and dynamics within Latin American countries

October 7, 2025 LPS Alliance

For decades, Latin America has been characterized by deep territorial disparities in income and productivity. Stark divides between leading metropolitan regions and lagging rural areas have shaped economic opportunity, social cohesion, and politics. A recent […]

Do local gender quotas improve the electability of women at higher tiers?

September 23, 2025 LPS Alliance

One of the central promises of decentralization is that it can create political space for those historically excluded from power. In theory, local governance is the arena where marginalized voices—whether of caste, ethnicity, or gender—can […]