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Decentralization and its financing in Togo

November 21, 2025 LPS Alliance

Togo’s decentralization journey has been long, uneven, and politically complex. Yet in recent years—especially since the landmark municipal elections of 2019 and the regional elections of 2024—the country has taken meaningful steps toward establishing a […]

Taxation and governance in rural areas: lessons from Togo and Sierra Leone

June 19, 2023 LPS Alliance

The international development community has increasingly focused on domestic resource mobilization as a means to achieve sustainable development financing. Though this agenda is primarily motivated by a desire to finance essential service delivery while reducing […]