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India’s Fifteenth Finance Commission releases its recommendations for 2021/22 to 2025/26

March 5, 2021 LPS Alliance

An important institutional feature of India’s system of intergovernmental fiscal relations is the role of Finance Commission. As per the Constitution, a Finance Commission is constituted by the President every five years to guide the […]

Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh

January 3, 2021 LPS Alliance

Delivering public services to the satisfaction of the citizen is an important challenge confronted by democratic governments everywhere in the modern world. Unlike authoritarian rulers who may conveniently ignore public opinion, democratic governments can do […]

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

November 2, 2020 LPS Alliance

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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Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

Localizing SDGs: Early Lessons from India

Can a Sweeping New Law Counter Nepal’s Federal Overreach?

Making (De)centralization Work in South Asia