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Articles by Tianyu Chen

Africa

Benin: Improving Local Health Outcomes with Participatory Budgeting

October 17, 2021 Tianyu Chen
Public Financial Management (PFM) plays a critical role in policy-making and public service delivery. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a PFM tool that offers an opportunity for citizens and the civil society to engage in the […]
Brazil

UN-Habitat’s Handbook For City Managers

September 25, 2021 Tianyu Chen
Urban governance is identified by UN-Habitat as a fundamental factor in the implementation and fulfillment of the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Intended to help city managers and other stakeholders achieve these goals, […]
Decentralization

Fiscal Equalization of Croatia’s Local Government Finances

July 18, 2021 Tianyu Chen
Fiscal decentralization and equalization are important tools to empower local government agencies in terms of financial autonomy and capacity building. The Ministry of Finance of Croatia adopted a fiscal equalization formula in 2018 with the […]
Africa

Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 27, 2021 Tianyu Chen
Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities (SARAs) are, according to the African Tax Administration Forum, “semi‐independent administrative bodies outside the traditional government hierarchy in which all revenue administration is consolidated into one administrative entity.” Unlike traditional central government […]
Cities and urban development

Transforming urban governance using research

June 5, 2021 Tianyu Chen
Cities are evolving quickly in the 21st century. City leaders are facing struggles that they have never faced before, including the impacts of climate change, migration, security, and a more fragile global economy. Effective city […]
Decentralization

Funding and financing of local government public investment

May 28, 2021 Tianyu Chen
In OECD countries, local governments not only play an essential role in public services provision, but also represent 41% of general government public investment. This is the focus of a recent OECD study. The function […]
Administrative decentralization

The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index

May 21, 2021 Tianyu Chen
The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is a policy monitoring tool developed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to promote public administration efficiency, reduce corruption, and better identify and […]

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