DELOG
WUF: If You Want to Go Far, Go with Many
The tenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10), convened by UN-Habitat, was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from the 8th to 13th of February 2020. It was the first time that an […]
Articles by LPS Initiative
Asia
Defending Decentralization in Kerala
Kerala is one of the few states in India considered to have taken serious efforts in transferring powers to Local Self Government (LSG) institutions for strengthening the decentralization process. The high rate of urbanization in […]
Asia
Nepal’s Provincial Chief Ministers Press For Devolution of Power
The centralized mindset of the federal government is the major hurdle to full-fledged functioning of the provincial governments, according to six chief ministers who gathered in Kathmandu to participate in a panel discussion on the […]
Decentralization
Making local voices count: How Senegal and Tunisia inspire each other on governance reform
Six years ago, a revolution started in Tunisia with an unemployed young Tunisian in a secondary city desperate to make his voice heard. This revolution reshaped the country’s development agenda and triggered a decentralization process to […]
Europe & Central Asia
Ukraine: Lawmakers fail to pass decentralization legislation
Ukraine’s parliament rejected an important bill on government decentralization on Dec. 6, and reform-minded lawmakers then had to scramble to remove another bill on the issue from the agenda to stop it being rejected too. […]
Fiscal Decentralization
Brazil to allow states with good ratings to issue new debt
The National Monetary Council, known as CMN, said it will permit states under the fiscal adjustment program to tap 7 billion reais in new credit backed by the national treasury. The government had not allowed […]
Cities and urban development
Decentralisation in West Africa: the Implications for Urban Climate Change Governance
West African countries have been characterised by a process of decentralisation. However, in many cases decentralisation processes have been incomplete, perpetuating existing challenges and limiting the ability of local authorities to address both current and future environmental, social and […]
Africa
South Africa: Treasury Launches Open Local Government Financial Data Portal – ‘Municipal Money’
PRESS RELEASE National Treasury is proud to launch “Municipal Money“, an open local government budget data portal which provides citizens and other stakeholders with access to comparable, verified information on the financial performance of each […]
Africa
How Kampala is building a culture of taxpaying
KAMPALA, Uganda — Standing in front of a van packed with passengers and luggage on the roof rack, taxi driver Abu Mugisha is glued to his smartphone — paying his taxes. Scrolling down a list […]
Latin America & Caribbean
Postconflict in Colombia: ‘Paz territorial’, Decentralisation and Citizen Participation
The end of the armed conflict is the opportunity to re-route the complementary agendas of decentralisation and citizen participation so as to contribute to building a stable and lasting peace. On 24 August, after nearly […]