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[ December 4, 2025 ] Gen Z protests and the case for inclusive and effective multilevel governance Local democracy and inclusive governance
[ December 3, 2025 ] LPSA is looking for Regional Working Group Coordinator (MENA Region) Community
[ December 1, 2025 ] Local governments as engines of citizen engagement in Africa Africa
[ November 30, 2025 ] LPSA Working Group Meetings and Knowledge Sharing 2026 Community
[ November 24, 2025 ] How decentralization is shaping economic development in Burkina Faso Africa

LPSA is looking for Regional Working Group Coordinator (MENA Region)

December 3, 2025 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) is a global professional network that seeks to promote inclusive, equitable societies and sustainable global development by enhancing the understanding of decentralization and localization as complex, cross-cutting and multi-stakeholder […]

LPSA Working Group Meetings and Knowledge Sharing 2026

November 30, 2025 LPSAManager

LPSA’s Regional and Thematic Working Groups consist of practitioners and scholars who bring together skills and expertise in a specific global region or thematic area within the field of decentralization and localization. Each working group […]

The future of decentralization and multilevel governance in a rapidly changing context

November 3, 2025 LPS Alliance

The seismic shift that is underway in the global development funding landscape should be a wake-up call to leaders in the Global North and South alike. As support from the international community is waning or […]

Advancing multilevel governance and urban finance in Somalia

October 27, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA), in partnership with the World Bank Somalia, implemented a sequence of two capacity-building programs in 2025 designed to equip Somali policymakers and practitioners with the skills, tools, and frameworks […]

County childcare as an avenue to women’s economic empowerment in Kenya

October 7, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura

Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution (Part II (9)), county governments in Kenya have constitutional functions and powers for “pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres and childcare.” Furthermore, the 2010 Constitution of Kenya provides […]

County funding for childcare in Kenya

September 17, 2025 Jacqueline Muthura

Kenya’s 2010 devolved constitution established county governments as the primary level of government responsible for the provision of childcare facilities, assigning them a mandate that is both critical and, until devolution, largely undefined. Despite considerable […]

LPSA Expert Working Group on Sub-Saharan Africa – Open Meeting – September 2025

September 17, 2025 Lynn Wambu

LPSA’s Expert Working Group (EWG) on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) aims to bring together government officials, policy practitioners, scholars, civil society organizations, and citizens committed to advancing knowledge and practice in decentralization, multilevel governance, intergovernmental relations, […]

LPSA Thematic Working Group on Gender Equity & Women’s Empowerment – Open Meeting – August 2025

August 27, 2025 Lynn Wambu

LPSA’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Gender Equity & Women’s Empowerment aims to bring together government officials, policy practitioners, scholars, civil society organizations, and citizens who share an interest and expertise at the intersection of […]

Towards defining LPSA’s strategic priorities for 2026-2030

July 25, 2025 LPS Alliance

The global development community is going through a sea-change, with many global development champions and civil society organizations facing a system-wide decline in official development funding. Numerous members of the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) […]

Global democracy trumped? 25 years of autocratization

May 22, 2025 Jamie Boex

Decentralization can be thought of as reforms that seek to achieve the empowerment of people through the empowerment of local governments. This presumes, however, that governments—at all levels—adhere to a degree of representative democracy (as […]