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East Lampung Regent's Office, located in Sukadana, Indonesia (Credit: Crisco 1492)

Study: Decentralization Effort in Indonesia Shows Need for Performance Incentives from Central Government

October 29, 2015 LPS Initiative

Performance-based Public Management Reforms: Experience and Emerging Lessons From Service Delivery Improvement in Indonesia, a case study by RTI International, examines service delivery pathways in Indonesia 15 years after President Suharto was swept from power […]

Decentralization and Role of School Development Committees in Public Schools in Sri Lanka

October 29, 2015 LPS Initiative

In this paper, Chandana Arachchi discusses the nature of the implementation of School Development Committees (SDC) in the government school sector in Sri Lanka. The Programme of School Improvement (PSI) is being implemented in Sri Lanka since […]

Nepal passes new Federal Constitution

September 20, 2015 LPS Alliance

Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on Wednesday (September 16, 2015) overwhelmingly approved a new constitution after seven years of painstaking efforts and deliberations, splitting the country into seven federal provinces. Constituent Assembly Chairman Subash Nemwang announced the […]

Indonesia’s Law No.23/2014 modifies Regional Autonomy Law

September 13, 2015 LPS Alliance

Indonesia’s Ministry of Home Affairs recently published a circular reminding all provincial, regional and municipal governments of the penalties for regional heads and councilors who fail to meet the deadline for the regional budget approval. The […]

Bangladesh Cabinet Approves Devolution of Government Salaries

September 7, 2015 Jamie Boex

Although Bangladesh is widely regarded as one of the most centralized countries in the world, a sea-change is about to take place in the role of local governments in Bangladesh. On August 31, 2015, Cabinet […]

Integrating Civil Service Reform with Decentralization: The Case of Pakistan

August 14, 2015 LPS Alliance

An effective public service is crucial to meeting the challenge of sustainable development in any country. Almost everywhere, however, reform and renewal of the public service is needed to successfully achieve the developmental goals of […]

The role of Provincial Councils in Afghanistan

August 3, 2015 LPS Alliance

Since they were elected for the first time in 2005, Afghanistan’s Provincial Councils (PCs) have been suffering from ill-defined and, its members think, too little authority. Those elected to the councils ten years ago found […]

Mapping the State of Local Governance in Myanmar

July 31, 2015 LPS Alliance

The Government of Myanmar has expressed the desire to pursue people-centered development through civic participation, clean government and greater autonomy for state/region government in the country. The Government of Myanmar has initiated steps to realize […]

Electoral Accountability and Local Government Spending in Indonesia

July 31, 2015 LPS Alliance

Proponents of devolution suggest that directly elected local governments are more responsive and more accountable to the people, and therefore, that devolution and having directly elected local officials should improve local public services. In contrast, […]