In order for citizens to actively participate in local governance, they need to be aware of the basic roles and responsibilities of local governments, and citizens need to be made aware of the basic elements […]
Fiscal decentralization can improve the quality of public spending if sub-national governments allocate their expenditures according to local needs and preferences. However, many other factors – especially those related to politics, influence allocative decisions. When […]
Malaysia will not revive local government elections, as it would cost at least RM302 million nationwide and such elections for local councilors may not necessarily guarantee the provision of good service to the public, a […]
Fiscal federalism refers to the distribution of taxation and spending powers across levels of government, and is the focus of the OECD’s Network on Fiscal Relations across Levels of Government. Through decentralization, governments can bring public services […]
India is moving in the general direction of greater decentralization, with an emphasis on cooperative federalism across Union (federal), state and local levels. Passage of 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in 1992 set the stage […]
A recent desk study prepared for USAID analyzes the extent to which governance is decentralized in law and practice in nine Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries—Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, […]
Local governments have opportunities to pursue entrepreneurial activities that take advantage of the assets they have to create more value for the community and financially strengthen the local government. Innovation, along with efficient execution of […]
As part of the Local Public Sector Alliance’s efforts to promote high-quality, policy-relevant research on issues related to decentralization and local development around the world, the Alliance is offering a number of awards for outstanding […]
After twenty years of an ambitious, costly international state-building effort, the government of Afghanistan collapsed in the summer of 2021 in a matter of weeks. The Afghan security forces’ remarkably rapid defeat earned significant attention, […]
Many countries conduct spatial development policies targeted at economically lagging regions within their territory. Place-based policies often take the form of discretionary spending by higher-order government layers, such as the federal level, to subsidize investment […]
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