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Funding and financing of local government public investment

May 28, 2021 Tianyu Chen

In OECD countries, local governments not only play an essential role in public services provision, but also represent 41% of general government public investment. This is the focus of a recent OECD study. The function […]

Decentralization and Regionalization in Portugal: What Reform Scenarios?

May 19, 2021 LPS Alliance

Overview At first glance, the Portuguese model of multilevel governance does not seem to differ much from the systems practiced in most other countries. However, Portuguese municipalities, parishes (freguesias) and intermunicipal co-operative units, which currently […]

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 […]

How relevant are state and local governments in the United States?

October 1, 2020 LPS Alliance

Even though decentralization reforms are something commonly associated with developing and transition countries, even industrialized countries with a long tradition of democratic practice must from time to time assess their intergovernmental relations and local governance […]

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Funding and financing of local government public investment

Decentralization and Regionalization in Portugal: What Reform Scenarios?

Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations

How relevant are state and local governments in the United States?

Local governments in Canada: Building better lives together

OECD: Making Decentralization Work

The Four Deficits of the English Devolution Process