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Transforming Decentralization and Local Governance in Ghana

July 13, 2021 LPS Initiative

In 1988, Ghana began a new decentralization policy framework that focused on grassroots citizens’ participation for the effective and efficient services delivery. Since then, the number of local government (LG) authorities have more than doubled […]

Africa

Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 27, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities (SARAs) are, according to the African Tax Administration Forum, “semi‐independent administrative bodies outside the traditional government hierarchy in which all revenue administration is consolidated into one administrative entity.” Unlike traditional central government […]

Africa

Decentralization and local development in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 2, 2021 LPS Initiative

Effective decentralization and localization forms an important precondition for resilient, inclusive, sustainable, equitable and efficient development around the world. The Local Public Sector Alliance is an alliance of advocates for more inclusive and effective decentralization […]

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 […]

Africa

Localizing Climate Change Efforts in Kenya: The Role of County Governments

April 4, 2021 LPS Initiative

Kenya’s 2010 Constitution triggered a major re-organization of the country’s public sector, devolving considerable power and functions from the National Government to 47 newly established County Governments. The Council of County Governors (COG) plays an […]

Africa

Third Basis Allocation Formula Approved in Kenya

March 28, 2021 LPS Initiative

The main funding source for county governments in Kenya is a large unconditional transfer mechanism known as Equitable Sharing, which provides more than three-quarters of the funds used by county governments. Kenya’s Commission on Revenue […]

Decentralization

Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism

March 11, 2021 LPS Initiative

A book by Charles R. Hankla, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez Scholars and practitioners have long hailed fiscal federalism as a critical tool for improving government services, but it has not always lived […]

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 […]

Africa

Central-local government relations in property tax administration in Tanzania

December 12, 2020 LPS Initiative

There has been considerable emphasis in the property tax literature on principles for what taxes should be assigned either to the central government or to lower levels of government. In contrast, intergovernmental cooperation in revenue […]

Argentina

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

November 2, 2020 LPS Initiative

In a multi-level government system, the assignment of roles and responsibilities and institutional legacies between the federal and the subnational governments often create imbalances. A common challenges is a primary vertical fiscal imbalance, which is […]

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