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Our City Plans: UN Habitat launches its updated participatory urban planning toolbox

October 17, 2021 LPS Alliance

What is UN-Habitat’s Our City Plans? Our City Plans, formerly known as Participatory Incremental Urban Planning (PIUP), is a toolbox that allows local governments and urban actors to implement projects, plans, and planning processes. It […]

South African court orders national government to intervene in municipal financial crisis

October 2, 2021 LPS Alliance

Failed service delivery at municipal level is not a new phenomenon, even in countries–such as South Africa–that have a relatively well-functioning local governance system. Local elections are an important–but often imperfect mechanism for ensuring effective […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Articles by LPS Alliance

Our City Plans: UN Habitat launches its updated participatory urban planning toolbox

South African court orders national government to intervene in municipal financial crisis

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

Open Planning Meeting: Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Electoral Accountability and Fiscal Federalism: The Case of Peru

Reflections from Citizen-led Assessments on Responsive Local Governance

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

Strengthening the links between PFM and service delivery in sectors

The role of intergovernmental fiscal transfers in improving education outcomes