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Unlocking Municipal Finance for African Cities

June 14, 2025 Marina Jandrevska

African cities are vital areas that require well-funded infrastructure and services to be livable, sustainable, and productive. However, financing urban development is a complex issue. A recent working paper by the African Cities Research Consortium […]

Fiscal Decentralization in Malawi: A Detailed Situational Analysis

December 24, 2023 LPSAManager

The implementation of the National Decentralization Policy in Malawi was meant to strengthen local governments capacity to deliver social and economic services more efficiently and consolidate democracy through the following: devolving administration and political authority […]

Why we need new research on intergovernmental fiscal arrangements and service delivery?

April 21, 2021 LPS Alliance

Getting the most out of public spending is a challenge that ministries of finance, education and health grapple with daily. Much of this relates to sector-specific policies such as what health services should be delivered. […]