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2022 Subnational Government GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) Survey

April 24, 2022 LPSAManager

Governments have been using technology to modernize the public sector for decades. The World Bank Group (WBG) launched the GovTech Initiative in 2019 to support the latest generation of these reforms. GovTech is a whole-of-government approach to […]

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World Bank: Local Governments Step Up to Support the Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 in Nepal

September 23, 2021 LPS Initiative

Meghiya Musahar, 45, from Kawasoti Municipality in Nepal’s Gandaki Province used to work as a daily wage earner at different temporary jobs, including construction work. Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit Nepal in March 2020, […]

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Virtual Knowledge Exchange: Fiscal and Financial Resilience for Subnational Governments

June 10, 2021 LPS Initiative

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 […]

Africa

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

May 4, 2021 LPS Initiative

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 […]

Cities and urban services

Future of Cities Will Shape Post-COVID-19 World

March 12, 2021 LPS Initiative

“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 […]

Africa

Somalia: Moving the Federalism Agenda Forward

December 12, 2020 LPS Initiative

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 […]

Decentralization

World Bank Property Tax Diagnostic Manual

November 21, 2020 LPS Initiative

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) […]

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