The LPSA Advisory Board invites all LPSA Advisory Board members, LPSA Working Group Co-Chairs and members, as well as all interested policy practitioners, government officials, researchers and scholars, civil society stakeholders and other members of […]
Dear Administrator Power: On behalf of the Local Public Sector Alliance, I would like to thank USAID for publicly sharing its draft Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Policy for review and scrutiny, before the policy […]
On Friday, January 12th, 2024, the LPSA Advisory Board invited all LPSA Advisory Board members, LPSA Working Group Co-Chairs and members, as well as all interested policy practitioners, government officials, researchers and scholars, civil society stakeholders […]
Given the low (if any) investment returns of adaptation projects, climate adaptation will typically depend heavily upon public funds and finance. The financial resources needed to reduce, respond to, and recover from climate shock events […]
As the old joke goes, if all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. Likewise, if you were to ask a lawyer, an economist, and a […]
The role that decentralization plays in public sector management around the world is evolving. Whereas decentralization has traditionally been pursued in countries as a governance reform to increase political competition and to bring the public […]
Due to the federal structure of the United States, state and local governments in the U.S. are the implementation agents for a vast swath of federal policies. One area where state and local governments play […]
A recent paper published in the Journal of Development Studies examines the link between decentralization in school management and student achievement levels in secondary schools in India. The study employs observational data from two school […]
The Local Public Sector Alliance is pleased to have an active Advisory Board that includes some of the most experienced practitioners and renowned scholars of decentralization and localization from around the world. The LPSA Advisory […]
The Local Public Sector Alliance is a global alliance of advocates for inclusive governance and sustainable development. As central governments are often far removed from people’s day-to-day lives, local governments provide a key mechanism to […]
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