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[ June 11, 2026 ] Vietnam’s ambitious subnational governance restructuring Asia
[ May 20, 2026 ] Local Governance for Children: Beyond Administrative Reform Europe & Central Asia
[ May 15, 2026 ] Local governments, local taxes, and incentivizing economic growth Cities and urban development
[ May 15, 2026 ] Rethinking the future of decentralization and multilevel governance Community
[ May 7, 2026 ] The real financing issue in ECD and childcare isn’t finance Africa

Virtual Knowledge Exchange: Fiscal and Financial Resilience for Subnational Governments

June 10, 2021 LPS Alliance

Live country case studies. This virtual knowledge exchange will introduce you to the different roles and responsibilities of national and subnational governments, particularly when responding to natural disasters and how to strengthen subnational governments’ risk […]

Malawi launches ‘Governance to Enable Service Delivery’ (GESD) Project

May 4, 2021 LPS Alliance

The Malawi Government says it is hopeful that the coming in of the Governance to Enable Service Delivery (GESD) Project will help to inculcate the required standards of meaningful public service by local councils so […]

Future of Cities Will Shape Post-COVID-19 World

March 12, 2021 LPS Alliance

“If urban areas are where COVID-19 impacts have been the most severe, it also means that interventions in cities and towns can have the biggest impact. Cities are vulnerable to climate shocks and produce an […]

Somalia: Moving the Federalism Agenda Forward

December 12, 2020 LPS Alliance

Somalia is emerging from decades of conflict, with the signing of the Provisional Constitution in 2012 paving the way toward a political settlement. Whereas the Provisional Constitution defines the boundaries of Somalia based on the […]

World Bank Property Tax Diagnostic Manual

November 21, 2020 LPS Alliance

The recurrent, annual property tax has tremendous potential for mobilizing own-source revenues, primarily for local governments. The property tax generates about 0.3–0.6 percent of GDP for low- and middle-income countries, 1.1 percent in higher-income (OECD) […]